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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it obligatory to wash the bed and carpet that have been soiled by a child's urine?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is a child's urine ritually impure? And if I sit on the carpet on which I pray, and there is urine on it, or if I touch this child's body and there is urine on it, do I have to break my prayer? And do I have to wash the place that was affected by it?

The Shaykh:
If the child is a girl, her urine is like the urine of an adult woman; it is washed like the washing of an adult's urine, three times or seven times until it is removed. As for if the child is a boy and has not eaten food, relying only on breast milk, then sprinkling it with water is sufficient; it is a lightened impurity. This is regarding the male child who has not eaten food. It is sprinkled with water or doused with water, and that is sufficient. Is there a remaining question?

The questioner:
He says: Do I wash the carpet that...

The Shaykh:
If the impurity is wet, it renders impure whatever it touches. If the impurity is dry, it does not cause harm. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4571- 4717] هل يجب غسل الفراش والسجاد الذي أصابه بول الطفل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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