Ruling on praying in a garment on which there is some impurity that has dried
Question Is it permissible to pray wearing clothes on which there is some impurity that has dried? Praise be to Allah. Firstly: In order for prayer to be valid, it is stipulated that the worshipper should avoid having any impurity on his clothing, because Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “And…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
In order for prayer to be valid, it is stipulated that the
worshipper should avoid having any impurity on his clothing, because Allah,
may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And
your garments purify” [al-Muddaththir
74:4]. And the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, concerning menstrual blood
that gets onto a woman’s garment: “She should scratch it, then rub it with
water, then wash it, then pray in it.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (227) and
Muslim (291).
Abu Dawood (650) narrated that Abu Sa‘eed al-Khudri (may
Allah be pleased with him) said: Whilst the Messenger of Allah (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) was leading his companions in prayer, he
took off his shoes and placed them to his left. When the people saw that,
they also took off their shoes. When the Messenger of Allah (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) finished praying, he said: “What made you take
off your shoes?” They said: We saw you take off your shoes, so we took off
our shoes. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said: “Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to me and told me that there was
some dirt – or filth – on them.”
Secondly:
There is no differentiation between dry impurity and wet
impurity with regard to it being obligatory to remove it when wanting to
pray. That is because of the general meaning of the texts referred to above,
which indicate that it is stipulated that one’s clothing should be pure when
praying. They do not differentiate between dry impurity and wet impurity.
The words in the hadith quoted above: “She should scratch it, then rub it
with water” indicate that dry impurity should be removed, because scratching
is only done in the case of something that has dried out.
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah have mercy on him) was
asked:
If urine has got onto a garment then dried, is it still
impure? Is it obligatory to wash the wet spot? If a person touches it, does
he have to wash the area that touched it?
He replied:
Impurity cannot be removed from a garment except by washing
it with clean water. It is not sufficient merely to let the impurity dry
out. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, concerning
menstrual blood that got onto a woman’s garment: “She should scratch it,
then rub it with water, then wash it, then pray in it.” Agreed upon. So it
is essential to wash the impurity from the garment before praying in it.
If a person touches a wet impurity, then he must wash off
whatever part of his body touched it, because the impurity has been
transferred to it. As for dry impurity, he does not have to wash whatever
part of his body touched it, because the impurity is not transferred to him
in that case. End quote.
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And Allah knows best.
