A woman asks: If we wash our clothes with water and soap, and there is impurity in them, is the prayer valid in them, and is that sufficient?
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The questioner : If we wash the clothes, O honorable Shaykh, with water and soap, and there is impurity in them, is it permissible to pray in them? And is that sufficient?
The Shaykh : Washing the clothes with water and soap purifies them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : On the condition that the substance of the impurity is removed. If the impurity is a solid substance, it must first be scraped off with water, then washed after scraping and removing it, because the clothes cannot be purified while the substance of the impurity remains in them. And if the garment is purified from any impurity, whether it is urine, feces, or menstrual blood, then prayer in it is permissible. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the woman, when she menstruates and menstrual blood touches her garment, to pinch it and then wash it with water, and then pray in it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. She has another question. She says, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Washing the clothes with water and soap purifies them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : On the condition that the substance of the impurity is removed. If the impurity is a solid substance, it must first be scraped off with water, then washed after scraping and removing it, because the clothes cannot be purified while the substance of the impurity remains in them. And if the garment is purified from any impurity, whether it is urine, feces, or menstrual blood, then prayer in it is permissible. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the woman, when she menstruates and menstrual blood touches her garment, to pinch it and then wash it with water, and then pray in it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. She has another question. She says, O honorable Shaykh.