For the urine of a male infant who has not yet eaten solid food out of appetite,1 it is sufficient to sprinkle the affected area—that is, to drench it with water.

To purify rock, basins, or ground that has been contaminated by a liquid—even if a dog or a swine has walked across it—it is enough to flood the place with abundant water2 until the color and odor of the impurity disappear.

Ground is not purified by sunshine, wind, or mere drying, nor is an impurity purified by fire.

When the exact spot of the impurity is unknown, one must wash the area until he is certain it has been cleansed.

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Liquid intoxicants, hashish, and every non-edible bird or beast that is naturally larger than a cat3 are impure.

Whatever is smaller than that by nature—such as snakes and mice—and intoxicants that are not in liquid form are pure.

Every carcass is impure except the corpse of a human being, fish, locusts, and creatures that have no flowing blood, such as scorpions, beetles, bedbugs, lice, and fleas.

For any animal whose flesh is normally eaten and whose feed is not predominantly impure, its urine, dung, vomit, madhy, maniy, and milk are pure.

As for animals whose flesh is not eaten, they are impure, except that human semen and human milk are pure.

Pus, blood, and other purulent matter are impure; however, a small amount of them is overlooked in prayer if it