FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
anak anjing sebelah bilik
Can I follow a more lenient view on dog impurity when my neighbouring room tenant keeps a dog, so that I do not need the seven washes including one with soil?
Short answer
In the Shafie school, a dog falls under severe impurity (najis mughallazah).
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
In the Shafie school, a dog falls under severe impurity (najis mughallazah). Purification requires seven washes with pure water, where the first, the last, or any one of the washes is mixed with soil, according to several narrations. The view of Abu Hurairah that three washes suffice is answered by Shafie scholars who hold that the ruling follows what was narrated, not the narrator's own opinion. The fatwa does not directly endorse a more lenient view and advises the questioner to move elsewhere as a precaution.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Dalam mazhab Syafie, anjing termasuk dalam ketegori najis mughallazah.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “anak anjing sebelah bilik”, 6 April 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/1763-anak-anjing-sebelah-bilik. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/dog-impurity-neighbouring-rented-room-ruling/