Purity (طَهَارَة)

Definition

Ṭahārah (طَهَارَة) — literally "purity, cleanliness, purification" — is the condition of ritual and spiritual cleanliness required for the validity of acts of worship in Islam. It encompasses both physical purification (removal of actual impurities, najāsah) and ritual purification (removal of Hadath, the ritual impurity state), and extends metaphorically to the purification of the soul from moral vices. The Prophet said: "Purity is half of faith" (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim).

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