What is the ruling on a dog touching clothes and the like?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : It is analogized to hunting.
The Shaykh : No, it is not analogized to hunting, because its analogy to water is closer. Even a dog whose keeping is permitted permanently is kept in one's home, eating and drinking from their vessels, and the Shari'ah has not granted a dispensation for those vessels.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, licking is not the same as touching. Touching, if it touches...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, if it touches you with its mouth and no moisture occurs between the dog's mouth and the cloth, it does not harm. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : But I have heard that some people keep dogs and wash them with soap. Is this correct?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, if it is washed with soap, does it become pure? Did we not say that soap does not take the place of earth?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : O brothers, be jurists!
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is a person who has a dog and washes it with soap every day and says it is pure.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: Because its impurity is intrinsic.
The Shaykh : Yes, intrinsic impurity is never purified. Even if you add to it all the water of the seas, it would not be purified. Do you understand? This is a parenthetical remark.
The questioner : ... the earth ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... with the earth ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the wording of the hadith.
The questioner : Yes, the condition of earth does not strengthen the condition of earth... in the hadith.
The Shaykh : In the hadith, the condition of earth is specified.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Okay, we have answered this.
The questioner : But it has been established by modern medicine, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : It has been established by modern medicine that the dog's saliva.
The Shaykh : By modern medicine! I do not know of it. If it is established by modern medicine that the affliction that befalls the vessel by the dog licking it is not removed except by earth, this strengthens the opinion that nothing other than earth suffices. Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you…
The Shaykh : Okay, yes, this...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This... O Muhammad.
The questioner : Likewise, the dog...
The Shaykh : As for what is other than the dog, it is purified by any remover; we have no objection.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : It is analogized to hunting.
The Shaykh : No, it is not analogized to hunting, because its analogy to water is closer. Even a dog whose keeping is permitted permanently is kept in one's home, eating and drinking from their vessels, and the Shari'ah has not granted a dispensation for those vessels.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, licking is not the same as touching. Touching, if it touches...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, if it touches you with its mouth and no moisture occurs between the dog's mouth and the cloth, it does not harm. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : But I have heard that some people keep dogs and wash them with soap. Is this correct?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, if it is washed with soap, does it become pure? Did we not say that soap does not take the place of earth?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : O brothers, be jurists!
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is a person who has a dog and washes it with soap every day and says it is pure.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: Because its impurity is intrinsic.
The Shaykh : Yes, intrinsic impurity is never purified. Even if you add to it all the water of the seas, it would not be purified. Do you understand? This is a parenthetical remark.
The questioner : ... the earth ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... with the earth ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the wording of the hadith.
The questioner : Yes, the condition of earth does not strengthen the condition of earth... in the hadith.
The Shaykh : In the hadith, the condition of earth is specified.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Okay, we have answered this.
The questioner : But it has been established by modern medicine, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : It has been established by modern medicine that the dog's saliva.
The Shaykh : By modern medicine! I do not know of it. If it is established by modern medicine that the affliction that befalls the vessel by the dog licking it is not removed except by earth, this strengthens the opinion that nothing other than earth suffices. Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you…
The Shaykh : Okay, yes, this...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This... O Muhammad.
The questioner : Likewise, the dog...
The Shaykh : As for what is other than the dog, it is purified by any remover; we have no objection.