Advanced search
Visit
17848
Last Updated: 2010/04/07
Summary of question
What is the ruling on cat hair?
question
What is the ruling on cat hair?
Concise answer

This question does not have a detailed answer

Detailed Answer

If your question is what the fiqhi ruling is on cat hair, we have to say that amongst all animals, only dogs and pigs are najis.[1] Therefore, a live cat and its hair are pak. Of course, its excretions are najis[2] and this ruling doesn’t only belong to cats, but the excretion of all haram meated animals and animals that have gushful blood (when their throat is slit) is najis[3], the cat being one of them. Also, in the case of the cat being dead, its hair isn't najis although its body is, because if falls under the category of mitah, and the ruling of mitah or dead bodies is that all of the parts that contain life are najis after death, while other body parts such as the hair that don’t contain life aren't.[4]

As for in prayer, one’s clothing mustn’t carry any parts of the body of haram meated animals (regardless of whether it is of the ones that contain life or not), therefore, since cats fall under this category, according to most marja’s, if their hair is carried by a person praying, it will invalidate the prayer.[5]

It is only Ayatullah Sistani who says that the clothing of a person praying mustn’t have the excrements, sweat, milk or hairs of haram meat animals, but if only one hair for instance is stuck to one’s clothing during prayer, it won't be problematic. The same goes for a person whose clothing doesn’t have any of the such, and the person is only carrying them with him, like in a box or container.[6]

As for body moisture of haram meated animals, all marja’s say:

If the saliva, nasal mucus or any other moisture from haram meated animals, such as cats, are on the body or clothing of a person praying, if it is still wet, the prayer is void, and if it has dried and there is no longer any substance left, the prayer is correct.[7]

As for hygiene and health, it is said that cat hair brings infertility for women, but this is exceeds our expertise and doesn’t concern us and doctors are the ones to be referred in this regard.[8]



[1] Tawdihul-Masa’el of the Maraje’, vol. 1, issue, 105, pg. 75.

[2] Urine and faeces.

[3] Tawdihul-Masa’el of the Maraje’, vol. 1, issue 84, pg. 68.

[4] Ibid, issues 88 and 89, pg. 70.

[5] Ibid, issue 824, pg. 460.

[6] Ibid, issue 824, pg. 460.

[7] Ibid, issue 825, pg. 460.

[8] Doctors say: there is a single-celled parasite in cat hair by the name of toxoplasma that causes toxoplasmos.

Question translations in other languages
Comments
Number of comments 0
Please enter the value
Example : Yourname@YourDomane.ext
Please enter the value
Please enter the value

Thematic Category

Random questions

  • Is it true that some Muslim Gnostics can fly or levitate?
    12266 Practical 2007/02/08
    That which you have mentioned is an effect and result of Man’s spiritual strength, sometimes this may come about by acting in accordance with religious laws and legitimate ascetic discipline. This means that; by moving closer to Allah, Man can possess the greatest name ...
  • What are the distinct criteria through which we can distinguish a lafdhi mutawatir report from an ijmali or ma\'anawi one?
    9619 Contextual study 2014/09/28
    Mutawatir literally means for things to come one after another, without any interval between them and in hadithic terms, refers to a hadith that has been narrated by a group of narrators that one can be definite haven’t all agreed on forging and lying about altogether. Any ...
  • What are the features and privileges of Behar al-Anwar?
    6998 Contextual study 2015/05/03
    Behar al-Anwa being a huge hadith collection is the most important work by Allamah Muhammad Baqir Majlisi. It is a big encyclopedia of Shiite traditions encompassing all religious issues and themes including exegesis of the Quran, history, jurisprudence, theology etc. Some of the most important features of ...
  • Please explain the principles of Sheikh Toosi's political thought.
    8594 Laws and Jurisprudence 2010/12/21
     With the emergence of every era new needs and questions are generated which cause scientists and scholars to think and contemplate and strive to find appropriate answers to, and Sheikh Toosi is one the great scholars who has carried such a burden. The fundamentals of ...
  • Are there any women who reached the rank of ijtihad in religious seminaries?
    9574 تاريخ بزرگان 2007/11/04
    A worthy interaction of Islam with science, and requiring that from every Muslim man and woman, has resulted in women always studying the sciences in Islamic communities and finally some of them reached the rank of ijtihad.As an example, lady Mujtahideh Amin who passed away in 1403h. Lady Mujtahideh ...
  • Who were the Ansar?
    9406 تاريخ بزرگان 2010/04/07
    Ansar is the plural form of Naser from the root of Nasr, and means people who help and aid. In the advent of Islam, the residents of Medinah and its outskirts, especially the members of the two tribes of the Aws and Khazraj were called the Ansar, because ...
  • What is the relationship between man’s efforts and the sustenance that has been measured out for him?
    12817 Traditional 2011/08/15
    There are two kinds of sustenance. There is a sustenance that we go after and a sustenance that comes after us. In the traditions, the sustenance that comes after us is called “the sustenance that seeks,” and the sustenance that we seek has been named “the sought ...
  • What is the proof for Prophet Adam and Nuh (pbuh) being buried in Najaf?
    23457 تاريخ بزرگان 2010/07/20
    The main reasoning that proves the burial of Prophet Adam and Nuh (pbuh) in Najaf are the many hadith that disclose this fact. ...
  • Is it permissible to evade government tax in non-Islamic countries?
    7801 Laws and Jurisprudence 2011/01/10
    The answer given by Ayatollah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani is as follows:1. You must abide by the rules of the country in which you are living except for when the rules may be opposed to Islamic Shari'ah.
  • I wish to know what the seven paradises are. Can you explain them for me?
    47501 Traditional 2012/04/07
    Dar al-Salam (Abode of Peace), Dar al-Jalal (Abode of Glory), Jannatul Mava (Garden of Refuge), Jannatul Khuld (Garden of Eternity), Jannatul Adan (Garden of Eden), Jannatul Firdous (Garden of Paradise) and Jannatul Naeem (Garden of Bliss) (or Delight) are names for the seven paradises which have been ...

Popular