{"id":122838,"date":"2024-06-10T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers"},"modified":"2024-06-14T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T16:23:06","slug":"is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/get-answers\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers","title":{"rendered":"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus is spreading rapidly and people are using hand sanitizers to clean their hands from germs. These hand sanitizers, at least the ones recommended by the World Health Organization and the US Center for Disease Control, contain 60% or more of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) in them as the main active ingredient for killing germs and viruses. Is it permissible for us to use these hand sanitizers, and can we consider our hands to be clean and not impure or najis after using them?<\/p>\n<p>Ethanol alcohol is considered pure, hence there is no problem in using it as a sanitizer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus is spreading rapidly and people are using hand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[1256],"ht-kb-tag":[1228,1227,1229],"class_list":["post-122838","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-physical-purity","ht_kb_tag-alcohol","ht_kb_tag-ethanol","ht_kb_tag-sanitizer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers? - IMAM-US.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers? - IMAM-US.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The coronavirus is spreading rapidly and people are using hand [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IMAM-US.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ImamMahdiAssociationofMarjaeya?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-14T16:23:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@imams\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers\",\"name\":\"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers? - IMAM-US.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-10T20:53:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-14T16:23:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/\",\"name\":\"IMAM-US.org\",\"description\":\"Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya (I.M.A.M.), Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/imam_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/imam_logo.png\",\"width\":2251,\"height\":597,\"caption\":\"Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya (I.M.A.M.), Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ImamMahdiAssociationofMarjaeya?fref=ts\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/imams\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/imamonline\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGqD5c8JqvHS0Bp2i69p6og\/featured\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers? - IMAM-US.org","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers? - IMAM-US.org","og_description":"The coronavirus is spreading rapidly and people are using hand [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers","og_site_name":"IMAM-US.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ImamMahdiAssociationofMarjaeya?fref=ts","article_modified_time":"2024-06-14T16:23:06+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@imams","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers","url":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers","name":"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers? - IMAM-US.org","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-06-10T20:53:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-14T16:23:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/knowledge-base\/is-it-permissible-to-use-hand-sanitizers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is it permissible to use hand sanitizers?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/","name":"IMAM-US.org","description":"Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#organization","name":"Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya (I.M.A.M.), Inc.","url":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/imam_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/imam_logo.png","width":2251,"height":597,"caption":"Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya (I.M.A.M.), Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ImamMahdiAssociationofMarjaeya?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/imams","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/imamonline\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGqD5c8JqvHS0Bp2i69p6og\/featured"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/122838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/122838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=122838"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=122838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}