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What is the ruling on a child urinating on the bed, and is it permissible to walk on it if the person is in a state of wudu?

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The questioner:
I am a married young man, and my child urinated in several places on the bed in the sitting room. I know some of the spots where he urinated, but I do not know the location of the others on the bed. In fact, I feel that all the cushions are impure. Is it permissible for me to walk on the bed while in a state of wudu for prayer, knowing that I washed the spots where I know the urine is with the amount of a cup of water and wiped them afterwards? Do I have to repeat the wudu, or what should I do? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
If the questioner, yes, if the questioner, as he mentioned, washed the places of impurity with a cup of water and removed their effect, then no impurity remains at that time. He should walk on the bed with his feet wet from the wudu. There is no blame on him in that, because he says that he removed the impurity and washed it.

The questioner:
And he says some places where it fell, and the others he is in doubt about.

The Shaykh:
If there remain places of impurity that he has not removed and he does not know their location, then he should avoid the entire bed and not step on it while his feet are wet, because this wetness is affected by the impurity and the impurity spreads from its place to the wet feet. However, if his feet are dry, if his feet are dry after the wudu, there is no harm in walking on the bed, because the dry does not get affected if it is urine.

The questioner:
And it may dry as well.

The Shaykh:
And the urine also dries, and the feet are dry, in that case, no harm occurs.

The questioner:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
No harm occurs, even if he uses slippers or sandals and wears them as a precaution against this impurity, this would be more cautious for him and further away from harm. So the result is that this varies depending on the impurity. If the impurity is wet and known, he avoids it. If the impurity is not wet and is hidden in this place, and his feet are dry, then there is no harm in passing over the bed. And if the impurity is dry and his feet are wet, and the impurity is hidden so he does not know in which place it is, then he does not step on this bed except with a barrier, except with a barrier by wearing slippers or what is equivalent to them.
Regarding his repeating the wudu after stepping on the place, and as we indicated, if he is not certain, we do not order him to repeat the wudu, because we are not certain that he stepped on impurity. The original state is the continuation of the wudu and the continuation of purity. The original state is that he is in a state of purity. And the fact that he walked in a place where its impurity is doubtful, and his feet are wet, and he fears that he may have stepped on the impurity, but we are not certain of this, we say the original state is the continuation of purity, and certainty is not removed by doubt, if Allah wills. However, if it becomes clear that he actually stepped on a place that is impure, if it becomes clear that he stepped on the impure place and his feet are wet, then he repeats the wudu. He repeats it, because at that time his feet would have been affected by the impurity.

The presenter:
Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماحكم تبول الطفل على الفراش وهل يجوز السير عليه إذا كان الشخص متوضئ؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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