Maliki Fiqh

Question 1

What are the impure substances according to Maliki school?

Answer 1

There are 11.

1. Feaces from humans and animals not permissible to eat.
2. Urine from humans and animals not permissble to eat.
3. Semen from men and animals
4. Madhy (pre-ejaculatory fluid) – not Najis according to Jafari.
5. Wady (prostatic fluid) (not najid according to Jafari.)
6. Substances that come out from a dead body
7. severed body part of a dead or living animal - so long as those body parts are supplied by blood
8. regurgitated food.
9. intoxicants (liquid)
10. pigs.
11. blood and pus

Question 2

What are the two main reasons that allow for Tayammum?

Answer 2

1. Fearing harm
2. lack of water

Question 3

If it is plausible to find water, what should one do?

Answer 3

search. The more ‘‘certainty’’ one has determines the extent of the search.

Question 4

What is the ruling for someone who can not do tayyamum or wudhu? (neither are possible)

Answer 4

They are exempt from the prayer and need not make it up.