Would Any Saliva Left in Your Mouth Still Remain Impure After Eating Something Impermissible?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I had a question about the purity of a person’s mouth after eating something that may be impure. I read on Seeker’s website that after a short time, the mouth is pure due to saliva. But what if there are remaining pieces of food stuck in the teeth? Would any saliva from your mouth be impure until that is removed? So if you spoke and some droplets of saliva came out of your mouth, would those be impure?
For context, I’m asking because I sometimes eat machine-slaughtered meat by Muslims. If there are remaining pieces of food in my teeth that aren’t swallowed, does that make all my saliva impure?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
The saliva will not be impure when you eat something impermissible. Once you swallow your saliva after a few seconds or spit out or rinse your mouth, your mouth will return clean and pure.
[Tahtawi, Hashiya al-Tahtawi ’ala Maraqi ‘l-Falah]
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
