Ruling on Burning Clothes That Are No Longer Fit for Use
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Question:
A message was received from one of the female listeners in Libya, containing a collection of questions. This listener indicated her name with the letters: (F. T. A). She asks first: Is it permissible to burn clothes that are no longer fit to be worn? Because we have heard that this is forbidden. Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not permissible to burn them, because that is a waste of wealth. However, they should be made into cushions, or a mattress that can be used, meaning: one can sit on it, or they should be given in charity to the poor. As for burning, no. Even if there is impurity in them, the impurity should be washed away. If there is an image on it, make it into a cushion. If it is in a cushion, there is no harm; the image will be degraded. As for burning it, that is a waste. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of wealth. So if the rags have images on them, the image should be placed in a cushion, the rag in a cushion, or a chair that is stepped on, or sat on, or a mattress that is slept on, or this image should be placed in something else, meaning: something that is degraded, a blanket that is degraded, or something similar. It should not be hung up, but should be in something that is degraded, either a mattress or a cushion, or given to the poor, and it should be said to the poor: make it such and such, a mattress, or cushions, or something like that, and do not burn it. As for if there is impurity in it, it should be washed, not burned; it should be washed, and given in charity, or its owner should use it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
A message was received from one of the female listeners in Libya, containing a collection of questions. This listener indicated her name with the letters: (F. T. A). She asks first: Is it permissible to burn clothes that are no longer fit to be worn? Because we have heard that this is forbidden. Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not permissible to burn them, because that is a waste of wealth. However, they should be made into cushions, or a mattress that can be used, meaning: one can sit on it, or they should be given in charity to the poor. As for burning, no. Even if there is impurity in them, the impurity should be washed away. If there is an image on it, make it into a cushion. If it is in a cushion, there is no harm; the image will be degraded. As for burning it, that is a waste. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of wealth. So if the rags have images on them, the image should be placed in a cushion, the rag in a cushion, or a chair that is stepped on, or sat on, or a mattress that is slept on, or this image should be placed in something else, meaning: something that is degraded, a blanket that is degraded, or something similar. It should not be hung up, but should be in something that is degraded, either a mattress or a cushion, or given to the poor, and it should be said to the poor: make it such and such, a mattress, or cushions, or something like that, and do not burn it. As for if there is impurity in it, it should be washed, not burned; it should be washed, and given in charity, or its owner should use it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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