Using a special mat for night prayer out of fear of impurity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on a Muslim using a special mat for the night prayer, as a precaution against the bedding in his room, for fear that it is contaminated or that something from the children has fallen on it?
Answer:
No, the default is purity. One should leave off obsessive doubts. The default is purity unless one knows that this place or this bedding is impure. As for what one does not know, the default is purity; one should leave off obsessive doubts.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on a Muslim using a special mat for the night prayer, as a precaution against the bedding in his room, for fear that it is contaminated or that something from the children has fallen on it?
Answer:
No, the default is purity. One should leave off obsessive doubts. The default is purity unless one knows that this place or this bedding is impure. As for what one does not know, the default is purity; one should leave off obsessive doubts.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل قال - تعالى - { فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم } — islamhouse.com (1:02:15)
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