Distinguishing between what touches the body of a disbeliever, such as clothing, and other things
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The questioner:
Some people distinguish, among the clothing used by disbelievers, between what touches the body of the disbeliever and what is outer clothing, meaning what is on the outside. Is this distinction correct?
The Shaykh:
This will come, if Allah wills. Yes. What is in our book says: Even if it touches his private parts, it is permissible. Even if you touch his private parts, this is the default ruling regarding purity, and praise be to Allah, except for what we know to be ritually impure, in which case we wash it. Otherwise, the default is that it is pure. Yes.
The questioner:
O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Even if you touch my private parts. Even if it is a reference to the disagreement, if he says "even if," this is evidence that there is a difference of opinion in such a matter.
Some people distinguish, among the clothing used by disbelievers, between what touches the body of the disbeliever and what is outer clothing, meaning what is on the outside. Is this distinction correct?
The Shaykh:
This will come, if Allah wills. Yes. What is in our book says: Even if it touches his private parts, it is permissible. Even if you touch his private parts, this is the default ruling regarding purity, and praise be to Allah, except for what we know to be ritually impure, in which case we wash it. Otherwise, the default is that it is pure. Yes.
The questioner:
O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Even if you touch my private parts. Even if it is a reference to the disagreement, if he says "even if," this is evidence that there is a difference of opinion in such a matter.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 003 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:33)
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