Some people among us, when they want to perform wudu, perform it inside the bathrooms designated for relieving oneself, and they come out with their clothes wet. There is no doubt that

The questioner : Some people among us, when they want to perform wudu, perform it inside the bathrooms designated for relieving oneself, and they come out with their clothes wet. There is no doubt that the bathrooms are not free from impurities. So, is the prayer valid in those clothes, and is it permissible for them to do that?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. After that, before I answer this question, I say: This Shari'ah, praise be to Allah, is complete in all respects and suitable for the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) of man, upon which Allah created the creatures, because it came with ease and simplicity, and not only that, but it also keeps man away from the mazes of whispers and imaginations that have no basis. Based on this, the original state of a person’s clothes is that they are pure, unless he is certain that impurity has reached his body or his clothes. This original state is witnessed by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when it was reported to him about the man who imagines that he finds something in his prayer, meaning a state of ritual impurity, and he said (peace and blessings be upon him): So the original state is that what was is as it was. Therefore, the clothes they entered the bathrooms in, to relieve themselves as the questioner mentioned, if they get wet with water, who says that this moisture is the moisture of impurity, from urine or water changed by excrement or something like that? And if we are not certain of this matter, then the original state is purity. It is true that it may be more likely that they were contaminated with something impure, but as long as we are not certain, the original state is the continuation of purity. So we say in answer to this question: If they are not certain that their clothes were affected by something impure, then the original state is the continuation of purity, and it is not obligatory for them to wash their clothes, and they may pray in them, and there is no blame on them. Yes.