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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Purifying the Ground and Mats from Impurity

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Question:
Until it becomes something and a minaret. We do not say "kush" if it falls on the ground. Is it obligatory that it be imposed on its people? And who becomes, or who is from its people? Is it obligatory that it become upon us?

Answer:
As for mats and all movable objects, it is sufficient to pour water over them. It is not necessary to wash them as other things are washed; it is not necessary to wash them as other things are washed. Because if they are light, they can be turned over and wrung out, so they are wrung out and turned over, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the woman when menstruation, when the blood of menstruation, struck her garment, to sprinkle it with water and squeeze it, meaning to rub it, until the blood in it is dissolved. So if the mat is of a type that can be rubbed and wrung out, that is obligatory. As for if it is heavy and cannot be wrung out or rubbed, then something heavy is placed on it. Something heavy is placed on it such that what is in it of water comes out. How many times is it poured over? Something heavy is placed on it to bring out what it has absorbed of water. The sun. So we said, we mentioned, we mentioned, we said the correct view is that the sun and the wind do not purify the ground, because no evidence has been established for that, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) here commanded washing. If drying and plastering purified it, he would not have commanded pouring water over it. The default in washing impurities is water; this is the default, that Allah sent down water as a purifier. This is the default. Some things are excused, such as the bottom of the sandal if impurity strikes it; it is purified by rubbing. And likewise the hem of the woman, meaning the garment that the woman lets hang from behind to cover her buttocks; if it passes over impurity and then passes over pure ground, it is purified by that.
This is from the perspective of making things easy and lightening the burden on the community. So it is sufficient to rub them, and that is the hem of the woman; if it passes over pure ground, it purifies it. As for anything other than that, washing is necessary. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الطهارة/المياه/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (29:49)

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