ISSUE 22: Any animal that dies on its own, or that has been slaughtered in a way not prescribed by Islam is called a corpse.1

ISSUE 23: The corpse of an animal whose blood does not gush out; like the fish, is tahir. 

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1 For a better understanding on method of slaughtering according to Islamic Law, see Issue 430. 

ISSUE 24: As for the corpse of an animal whose blood gushes out; the parts that contain no life like the hair, and horns, are tahir; and the parts that contain life, like the flesh and skin, are najis.

ISSUE 25: All parts of the body of the dog and pig - whether living or dead - are najis.

ISSUE 26: The complete body of a person who has died, no matter how recently he died, and his body has not yet gone cold (except the parts which contain no life, like the nails, hair, teeth, etc...) is najis.

ISSUE 27: Once the dead body has been given a ghusl, the complete body is tahir.

ISSUE 28: It is not necessary to perform a ghusl, and shroud the body in a kafan for someone who fights in the way of Allah to protect Islam and is killed on the war front. 

ISSUE 29: The blood of people and every animal whose blood gushes out, like the chicken and goat, is najis.

ISSUE 30: The blood of animals whose blood does not gush out, like the fish and mosquito, is tahir.

ISSUE 31: It is Ihtiyat Mustahab to avoid eggs that have even a small drop of blood in them.

ISSUE 32: It is not necessary to avoid the spit that is mixed with the blood that comes out from around the teeth (gums) once it is mixed with the saliva of the mouth.

ISSUE 33: If something tahir comes into contact with something najis, and one of these two things is wetter than the other and the wetness of one reaches the other, the tahir thing becomes najis.

ISSUE 34: If a person does not know if something tahir has become najis or not - it is tahir, and research and investigation is not necessary, even if one is able to ascertain if the tahir thing has become najis.

ISSUE 35: Eating and drinking najis things is haram, and it is also haram to feed such things to other people.