Is there a report that if a Muslim’s garment is affected by ritual impurity, he should sprinkle water on it without knowing the exact location of the impurity?

The questioner : The brother says: The question is: Is there a report that if a Muslim’s garment is affected by ritual impurity, he should sprinkle water on it without knowing the exact location of the impurity?

The Shaykh : As far as I know, nothing has been reported in the Sunnah regarding this question. Rather, some scholars may say this, and it is a necessity if a garment is affected by ritual impurity and the owner of the garment does not know its location. He must strive and give precedence to his suspicion regarding the location of the impurity. For example, if this cloak is affected by impurity, he must investigate and strive. Usually, the impurity affects the lower part of the garment; it does not occur to him that it affects the shoulder here. So we disregard that section. What remains—for example, if it is in this corner or in another place—he continues to investigate to determine the most likely location of the impurity, to the extent possible. After that, he proceeds to wash it. If we assume the worst-case scenario that he is not certain about the location of the impurity, whether it is lower or higher, in the middle or below that, or above that; in that case, he must wash the entire garment completely and thoroughly. Because in this situation, he is certain that he has removed the impurity from his garment. This is the opinion of the scholars and jurists, and it is a necessity. As for there being a text on this, there is no text on this as far as I know.
Yes?

Another questioner : Professor, would it be a sprinkling, not like that?

The Shaykh : Yes?

Another questioner : Sprinkling, sprinkling.

Another questioner : Sprinkling, but washing is different, is it not, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : No, excuse me, you did well in pointing that out. Even if there was no pointing out, yes, it should have been remembered that the question was what? About sprinkling.
Sprinkling has not been reported except in the case of a boy’s urine, or in what may be on the garment in the form of moisture, where sprinkling is sufficient. As for impurities in general, sprinkling is not sufficient for them; rather, washing is necessary until the substance of the impurity is removed, if it is apparent. Or if it is not apparent, it is washed three times. Sprinkling in a case like this question is not permissible; rather, washing is necessary.
Yes.