Types of water

​Wednesday 27/10/2025

Rabiʻ II 16, 1447 AH

Lesson: Types of water
Walt
Understanding Types of Water in Islam and the Concept of Purification (Tahara)

Types of water

The Arabic word for purity and
cleanliness is Taharah.

What is Taharah?

It refers to the process of cleansing and
the removal of anything that may pollute
that object (e.g. dirt, spots, smell, and
germs) with things that are unwanted or
harmful to that person

Is Taharah a condition for the prayer?

Yes, and it is half of faith

“Cleanliness is the half of faith.” (Hadith)

“For Allah loves those who turn to Him
constantly and He loves those who keep
themselves pure and clean...”
(al-Baqara, 222).

Multiple Choice

What does Taharah mean?

• impurity

• purification
• sterilisation

Multiple Choice

Is Taharah condition of prayer?

• Yes

• No

• sometimes

Ocean, spring, well, river,
sea, rain, snow, ice and all
water in its natural state
from the sky or the earth

What type of water do we use for purification?

Minor Impurity (Hadath
Asghar ) is removed by
performing wudu.

Types of Impurity (Hadath):

Major Impurity (Hadath
Akbar ) is removed by
performing ghusl.

2) Spiritual cleansing and
purification of moral
things which you cannot
see or touch, such as
your heart, spirit, or
mind.

Types of Taharah:

Taharah is two Types

1) Physical cleansing
and purification of
materialistic things
which you can see
and feel, such as
clothes or bodies.

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1.Purification is half of faith inIslam

Evidences in the Quran, Sunnahfor the obligation of Taharah

From the Sunnah

Multiple Choice

Major Impurity (Hadath
Akbar ) is removed by

• performing ghusl.

• performing wudu

Multiple Choice

The Types of Taharah

• Physical

• Spiritual

• Physical and Spiritual

2.Purification of the body and clothes is

considered as a condition for prayer.

,Allah the Almighty says in the Qur'an

O you who believe! When you intend to offer As-Salat)
(the prayer), wash your faces and your hands (forearms)
up to the elbows, rub (by passing wet hands over) your
(.heads, and (wash) your feet up to ankles

From the Quran

2.Islam requires Muslims to clean their

bodies, and clothes.

Multiple Choice

Cleanliness is considered...................... of faith

• third

• half

• quarter

Types of water

(Tahour)

(Purifying

Water)

2.Tahir Water
(Pure Water)

Najis

Filthy Water

Blood

urine

1.Purifying Water (tahour)

It has not experienced any change in its colour,
taste, or smell due to filthy or pure substances

ocean, spring, well, river, sea, rain, snow, ice

Examples of this type

all water in its natural state from the sky or
the earth. This also includes still water that is
in its natural state and hasn’t been mixed with
pure things or filth. .

2.Tahir Water (Pure Water)

This type of water is naturally pure. However, due to
a pure substance, it has experienced change in its
colour, taste, or smell. It can be used for common
.activities only and not to purify oneself for worship

Examples: water mixed with saffron, milk and
other pure substances that are normally not
.a part of it

3.Najs water (Filthy Water)

Examples: water mixed with urine
or other unclean substances.

This type of water has experience change in its
colour, taste, or smell, due to mixing with an
impure substance. It cannot be used for
.common activity, as well as acts of worship

Multiple Choice

Using seawater to remove the impurity is ................................

• Allowed

• Not Allowed

When some najasat [substances which Islam
prescribes as dirty] falls in a large pool, it is
permissible to make an ablution and a ghusl at its
any side where any of the three signs of the
najasat, such as its colour, smell or taste.

It is not permissible to use Najs
water unless there is a necessity to
do so like a man choking on his food
and there is no tahir water around

Match

Match the following

• Tahour

• Tahir Water

• Najis

• wathiyabaka fatahhir

Purifying Water

Pure Water

Filthy Water

And your garments purify

• Purifying Water

• Pure Water

• Filthy Water

• And your garments purify

Facts of the lesson:
1. There are three types of water purifying,
pure and Najs water.
2. The purifying water has the ability to purify
and to remove najasah.
3. The resources for pure water are what rise
from the land or what comes down from the
sky
Value of the lesson
Purity.

Multiple Choice

Najasah means.........................

• Cleanliness
• Impurity or filth
• Purity

Multiple Choice

 It is not permissible to use Najas water for an emergency situation

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What type of water do we use to purify ourselves for worship we use.....?

• Tahir water

• Tahour water

• Najis water