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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on praying in a garment that has traces of major ritual impurity?

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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a man experienced nocturnal emission, performed the full ritual bath, and prayed in the same clothes he was wearing when he had the emission. Does he owe anything?

The Shaykh : He owes nothing. That is, if a man has a nocturnal emission and prays in the garment he was wearing when it occurred, and there are traces of major ritual impurity on it, he owes nothing. This is because major ritual impurity, which is the emitted fluid, is pure. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wash the wet part and rub the dry part. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
I used to rub it off from the garment of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). كنت أفركه من ثوب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فركا
Sunan an-Nasa'i 298Sahih (Darussalam)
meaning, without washing it
He would pray in it. فيصلي فيه
. He would pray in it. If it had been ritually impure, it would have been obligatory to wash it. However, as a matter of advice, a person should, when he intends to sleep, perform istinja' with water or perform istijmar in the prescribed manner, so that when the emitted fluid comes out, it does not encounter a ritually impure place. If he does not perform istijmar in the prescribed manner, but it dries with one or two wipes, and then the emitted fluid appears, it will encounter a ritually impure place and become impure. In that case, it will need to be washed. Yes.
Source alathar.net

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