What is the ruling on vomit? Is it ritually impure or pure?
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The questioner : Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the ruling on vomit? Is it ritually impure or pure?
The Shaykh : The ruling is that it is pure. Because ruling that something is ritually impure requires evidence. And vomit is not among rare matters; rather, it is common among people. And if the Sunnah does not come with the obligation to purify it, what does it remain upon? What does it remain upon?
It remains upon the default, which is purity. And these are two rules that you must know: the default for things is purity, so whoever claims that something is ritually impure, he must have evidence. The default for things is permissibility, meaning other than acts of worship, so whoever claims that something is forbidden, he must have evidence. And does the prohibition of a thing necessitate that it has a body? Strange, O people, no. And does the ritual impurity of a thing necessitate that the thing is forbidden? Yes, it necessitates it. So every ritually impure thing is forbidden, and not every forbidden thing is ritually impure. For this reason, we see that smoke is forbidden, and it is not ritually impure. Is poison forbidden or not forbidden?
It is forbidden, and it is not ritually impure. So there are three rules: whoever claims the prohibition of a thing other than acts of worship, he must have evidence. And whoever claims the prescription of a thing, he must have evidence, because the Shari'ah must have evidence.
The second rule: whoever claims that something is ritually impure, he must have evidence. The third rule: every ritually impure thing is forbidden, and not every forbidden thing is ritually impure. O Allah, purify our hearts from hypocrisy, resentment, and hatred toward the Muslims, and purify them from every bad intention, for You are Able to do all things. May Allah reward our Shaykh, Your Eminence, with the best reward, and grant him health and well-being, and place that in his scales of good deeds. And we ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to benefit us with what we have heard, and to teach us what benefits us, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon
The Shaykh : The ruling is that it is pure. Because ruling that something is ritually impure requires evidence. And vomit is not among rare matters; rather, it is common among people. And if the Sunnah does not come with the obligation to purify it, what does it remain upon? What does it remain upon?
It remains upon the default, which is purity. And these are two rules that you must know: the default for things is purity, so whoever claims that something is ritually impure, he must have evidence. The default for things is permissibility, meaning other than acts of worship, so whoever claims that something is forbidden, he must have evidence. And does the prohibition of a thing necessitate that it has a body? Strange, O people, no. And does the ritual impurity of a thing necessitate that the thing is forbidden? Yes, it necessitates it. So every ritually impure thing is forbidden, and not every forbidden thing is ritually impure. For this reason, we see that smoke is forbidden, and it is not ritually impure. Is poison forbidden or not forbidden?
It is forbidden, and it is not ritually impure. So there are three rules: whoever claims the prohibition of a thing other than acts of worship, he must have evidence. And whoever claims the prescription of a thing, he must have evidence, because the Shari'ah must have evidence.
The second rule: whoever claims that something is ritually impure, he must have evidence. The third rule: every ritually impure thing is forbidden, and not every forbidden thing is ritually impure. O Allah, purify our hearts from hypocrisy, resentment, and hatred toward the Muslims, and purify them from every bad intention, for You are Able to do all things. May Allah reward our Shaykh, Your Eminence, with the best reward, and grant him health and well-being, and place that in his scales of good deeds. And we ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to benefit us with what we have heard, and to teach us what benefits us, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon
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لقاء مع طلاب جامعة الإمام بمسجد الإسكان — archive.org (35:17)
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