What is the ruling on the hair of the pig and other animals?
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The questioner : Regarding what life brings forth in terms of hair, such as wearing pig hair or that of other animals, what do you say?
The Shaykh : Tanning purifies it.
The questioner : No, even if it is not tanned.
The Shaykh : It is attached.
The questioner : Attached.
The Shaykh : It is attached to the impurity; naturally, it feeds from it.
The questioner : Some of them say this is like a plant, Ibn Taymiyyah.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : He says this is like a plant, meaning life other than human or animal life. So if the hair of a dog touches me, and it is wet, do you see that it becomes impure?
The Shaykh : There is a detail here regarding this wetness.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it incidental or inherent? If it is incidental, it is not impure. If it is inherent, it is impure. And we know that the hair of animals is not wet; it is dry, right? But if water hits it.
The questioner : If it is wet, we need to investigate where the wetness comes from.
The Shaykh : Yes, but it is self-evident that the wetness in the hair of all animals comes from the outside, not from the inside. So one looks at this wetness that came from the outside: is it pure in itself, or is it impure? If water hits the hair of a pig or a dog, the water is pure and it does not change. So if impurity appears in this water, you will know what the ruling is. As for mere incidental wetness.
The Shaykh : Tanning purifies it.
The questioner : No, even if it is not tanned.
The Shaykh : It is attached.
The questioner : Attached.
The Shaykh : It is attached to the impurity; naturally, it feeds from it.
The questioner : Some of them say this is like a plant, Ibn Taymiyyah.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : He says this is like a plant, meaning life other than human or animal life. So if the hair of a dog touches me, and it is wet, do you see that it becomes impure?
The Shaykh : There is a detail here regarding this wetness.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it incidental or inherent? If it is incidental, it is not impure. If it is inherent, it is impure. And we know that the hair of animals is not wet; it is dry, right? But if water hits it.
The questioner : If it is wet, we need to investigate where the wetness comes from.
The Shaykh : Yes, but it is self-evident that the wetness in the hair of all animals comes from the outside, not from the inside. So one looks at this wetness that came from the outside: is it pure in itself, or is it impure? If water hits the hair of a pig or a dog, the water is pure and it does not change. So if impurity appears in this water, you will know what the ruling is. As for mere incidental wetness.
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