Islamic Fiqh Course

Categories of Water

The four categories of water and their rulings for purification

Istibra and Istinja

Istibrāʾ at the time of relieving oneself and istinjāʾ after it — both are obligatory

Etiquette of the Toilet

Recommended manners for entering and leaving the toilet

Obligations of Wudu

The seven obligations without which wudu is not valid

Ghusl — The Full Ritual Bath

Five causes and four obligations

What is Forbidden after Hadath, Janaba, Hayd

Rulings for the minor impurity, the junub, and the menstruating or post-natal woman

Tayammum

An earth-purification consisting of wiping the face and the hands with intention, when water is absent or using it would cause harm

Impurities

What is impure and how to remove it

Hayd — Menstruation

Its definition, duration and rulings, the minimum and maximum purity, and the signs of purity

Nifas, Istihada and the Interrupted Hayd

Postnatal bleeding and non-menstrual bleeding, and the ruling of the woman whose hayd is pieced together (al-malaffaqa): what counts as nifas and hayd, and what counts as istihada

Prayer Times

The preferred (ikhtiyārī) and necessary (ḍarūrī) windows of the five prayers

Pillars of the Prayer

The obligations of the prayer (also called its pillars) in the school of Imam Malik

What Invalidates the Prayer

What spoils the prayer in the Mālikī school

The Funeral Prayer

Washing, shrouding, prayer and burial — a communal obligation

Duties and Sins of the Heart

The duties the heart owes and the sins it harbours

Sins of the Stomach, Eye, Tongue and Ear

Rulings on the sins of these members