Is it required to wash a garment seven times to remove impurity?
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The Shaykh: Welcome, we want to pray and walk, Abu Aasim.
The questioner: For example, I am in the process of undressing and I am worried that it might have fallen on the garment. Do we hear that the garment is washed seven times, or is there a Sunnah of washing it seven times, or is a little water, for example, sufficient?
The Shaykh: Washing seven times is not prescribed, may Allah bless you, except for the vessel in which a dog has drunk. As for other impurities, it is sufficient to wash them once if the trace of the impurity is removed, or at most three washes.
The questioner: My father, you are the one who washes the woman.
The Shaykh: My journey is not over. In the name of Allah, let us pray, Abu Azzam, in a place where we can stand, or if there is difficulty, let each of us pray in his own house. Do not leave this house.
The questioner: If you leave like that. No, by Allah the Great, do not leave this house, and she left. When it happened, I asked him, and I said to him: Do you want expiation for an oath? Then he came back to me on the ninth day. He said she told him she did not hear me. This does not change the issue. It does not change it.
The Shaykh :Sunan Abi Dawud 4859Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani).
The questioner: For example, I am in the process of undressing and I am worried that it might have fallen on the garment. Do we hear that the garment is washed seven times, or is there a Sunnah of washing it seven times, or is a little water, for example, sufficient?
The Shaykh: Washing seven times is not prescribed, may Allah bless you, except for the vessel in which a dog has drunk. As for other impurities, it is sufficient to wash them once if the trace of the impurity is removed, or at most three washes.
The questioner: My father, you are the one who washes the woman.
The Shaykh: My journey is not over. In the name of Allah, let us pray, Abu Azzam, in a place where we can stand, or if there is difficulty, let each of us pray in his own house. Do not leave this house.
The questioner: If you leave like that. No, by Allah the Great, do not leave this house, and she left. When it happened, I asked him, and I said to him: Do you want expiation for an oath? Then he came back to me on the ninth day. He said she told him she did not hear me. This does not change the issue. It does not change it.
The Shaykh :
Glory be to Thee. O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance.
وسبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 126 — d3watuna.com (1:05:50)
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