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Briefly name two approaches to studying fiqh, then explain where Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat stands among the fiqh base texts.
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Approaches to studying fiqh include comparative fiqh and studying fiqh according to one particular school. Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat is a concise, relied-upon base text in Hanbali fiqh, written to bring the most important issues within the beginner's reach in easy, concise wording.
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Explain the difference between purifying water (tahur) and pure but non-purifying water (tahir), giving an example of each.
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Purifying water is water that remains in its original natural state and keeps its name, such as unqualified water (al-ma' al-mutlaq), which lifts ritual impurity and removes filth. Pure but non-purifying water is water mixed with a pure substance that has changed its description or its name, such as water that has become broth or tea: it is pure, but ablution (wudu') may not be performed with it.
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What follows from the principle that the default ruling on vessels is purity, and what is the most notable exception in this chapter?
Model answer
It follows that vessels of glass, wood, stone, iron and the like remain permissible and pure unless something establishes otherwise. The most notable exception is vessels of gold and silver, and whatever is equivalent to them in forbidden use.
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If a person combines istijmar (cleansing with stones) and istinja' (washing with water), which does he begin with? And which is better if he limits himself to one of them?
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If he combines them, he begins with istijmar and then follows it with washing with water. If he limits himself to one of them, water is better.
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Name four sunnahs of ablution (wudu'), noting the case in which washing the hands before wudu' is obligatory rather than sunnah.
Model answer
Sunnahs of wudu' include: using the siwak; washing the hands for someone who is not rising from night sleep; rinsing the mouth and nose (madmadah and istinshaq) first; doing them thoroughly for someone who is not fasting; running wet fingers through the beard and between the fingers (takhlil); and washing each part three times. Washing the hands before wudu' is obligatory for someone rising from night sleep that nullifies wudu'.
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When is it permissible to wipe over a turban, a woman's head covering (khimar), or a splint (jabirah)?
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Wiping over a turban is permissible if it is wound under the chin (muhannakah) or has a hanging tail (dhu'abah) and is difficult to remove; over a woman's khimar if it is wrapped under her throat and is difficult to remove; and over a splint if it is needed at the site of a fracture, in which case one wipes over it until it is undone.
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Give an example of the case jurists mention about when the period of wiping over khuffs begins, according to those who count it from the first ritual impurity (hadath).
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Example: someone puts on his khuffs after performing wudu' for Fajr, then incurs ritual impurity (hadath) in the mid-morning (duha), and does not wipe until Dhuhr. The period is counted from the time of the hadath in the mid-morning, not from the time of wiping at Dhuhr.
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State the six conditions for wiping over khuffs that the commentary lists.
Model answer
That they are put on after purification; that they cover the area that must be washed; that they stay on by themselves; that it is customarily possible to walk in them; that they are pure; and that they are permissible (mubah).