(Imam's Sayings continue)

It is preferable, for urinating or defecating, to squat down in an

isolated place; it is also preferable to go into this place with the left

foot first, and come out of it with the right foot first;  it is

recommended that one keep his head covered while evacuating,

and have the weight of his body carried by the left foot.

If one commits an act of sodomy with a cow, a ewe, or a camel, their

urine  and their  excrements become impure, and even milk may no

longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed as quickly as

possible and burned, and the price of it paid to its owner by him who

sodomized it.

There are eleven things which are impure: urine, excrement, sperm,

bones, blood, dogs, pigs, non-Muslim men and women, wine, beer,

and the sweat of the excrement-eating camel.

Every part of the body of a non-Muslim individual is impure, even the

hair on his hand and his body hair, his nails, and all the secretions

of his body.

Wine and all other intoxicating beverages are impure, but opium and

hashish are not.

During sexual intercourse, if the penis enters a woman's vagina or a

man's anus, fully or only as far as the circumcision ring, both partners

become impure, even if they have not reached puberty; they must

consequently perform their ablution.

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