Are the splashing waters from restrooms and ablution areas ritually impure?
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Question:
What are the impurities that attach to clothing? Do these impurities, Honorable Shaykh, invalidate the prayer? And are the splashing waters on clothing from restrooms and ablution areas considered to invalidate the prayer?
Answer:
If impurity affects the garment, whether from urine, feces, or impure blood, it is obligatory to remove it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about menstrual blood that affects the garment, he said (peace and blessings be upon him) Allah the Exalted said, "And your clothes, purify them." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) knew that there was impurity in his leather socks or in his sandals, he removed them while he was praying. This indicates that the clothing in prayer must be pure from impurity. So if a person prays and there is impurity in his garment and he knows about it, but he is negligent and leaves it, then his prayer is not valid, because one of the conditions of prayer is avoiding impurity.
On his body, on his garment, and on his place of prostration. As for if he prays with impurity in his garment and he does not know about it, then his prayer is valid because he is excused by ignorance, but he should wash it for the future. As for the waters that splash from restrooms and ablution places, these are not impure. The waters are not impure.
As for the impure urine or feces, this is what one must guard against. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that one of the causes of the punishment of the grave is not guarding against urine. He passed by or did not guard against his urine. So the matter here is serious, and it is obligatory for a person to guard against impurity as much as he is able. As for the waters in the washing area in the place of ablution or the place of cleaning oneself, the default is that they are pure, and praise be to Allah, but if he removes them out of precaution, that is better. Yes.
What are the impurities that attach to clothing? Do these impurities, Honorable Shaykh, invalidate the prayer? And are the splashing waters on clothing from restrooms and ablution areas considered to invalidate the prayer?
Answer:
If impurity affects the garment, whether from urine, feces, or impure blood, it is obligatory to remove it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about menstrual blood that affects the garment, he said (peace and blessings be upon him)
under it, then she rubs it, then she sprinkles it with water, then she prays in it,
تحته ثم تقرصه ثم تنضحه بالماء ثم تصلي فيه،On his body, on his garment, and on his place of prostration. As for if he prays with impurity in his garment and he does not know about it, then his prayer is valid because he is excused by ignorance, but he should wash it for the future. As for the waters that splash from restrooms and ablution places, these are not impure. The waters are not impure.
As for the impure urine or feces, this is what one must guard against. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that one of the causes of the punishment of the grave is not guarding against urine. He passed by
(peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a grave where two people were being punished. He said, "They are not being punished for a great matter. As for one of them, he used to walk with talebearing, and as for the other, he did not guard against his urine."
صلى الله عليه وسلم بقبر يعذبان، قال إنهما لا يعذبان، ما يعذبان في كبير، أما أحدهما فكان يمشي بالنميمة، وأما الآخر فكان لا يحترس من بوله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل المياه المتطايرة من دورات المياه وأماكن الوضوء نجسة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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