Fatwa ID: 09076
Answered by Muftiyah Maryam Badshah
Question:
I wash impure (napak) clothes in an automatic washing machine. The machine washes the clothes four times: once with detergent and then three times with clean water. Despite this, if the stain or mark of the impurity remains on the clothes, are my clothes still impure?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
The cleansing of an impurity from an item of clothing occurs when the body/solids of the impurity have been removed. After this, any stain should either be removed completely, or if this is difficult, the minimum number of cleanses have occurred. Clothing will not be considered impure once they have undergone three cycles in the washing machine process and the body of the impurity has been removed. In the situation where a stain remains on the clothing after the washing process, it would not be deemed impure.
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Muftiyah Maryam Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
وَإِزَالَتُهَا إنْ كَانَتْ مَرْئِيَّةً بِإِزَالَةِ عَيْنِهَا وَأَثَرِهَا إنْ كَانَتْ شَيْئًا يَزُولُ أَثَرُهُ وَلَا يُعْتَبَرُ فِيهِ الْعَدَدُ. كَذَا فِي الْمُحِيطِ فَلَوْ زَالَتْ عَيْنُهَا بِمَرَّةٍ اكْتَفَى بِهَا وَلَوْ لَمْ تَزُلْ بِثَلَاثَةٍ تُغْسَلُ إلَى أَنْ تَزُولَ
Al-Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.41-2, Dār Al-Fiqr)
وَالْحِنْطَةُ تُنْقَعُ فِي الْمَاءِ حَتَّى تَشْرَبَ الْمَاءَ كَمَا تَشَرَّبَتْ الْخَمْرُ ثُمَّ تُخَفَّفُ يَفْعَلُ كَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَيُحْكَمُ بِطَهَارَتِهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَفِخْ تَطْهُرْ بِالْغُسْلِ ثَلَاثًا وَالتَّجْفِيفِ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَيُشْتَرَطُ أَنْ لَا يُوجَدَ طَعْمُ الْخَمْرِ وَلَا رِيحُهَا…
ثَوْبٌ نَجِسٌ غُسِلَ فِي ثَلَاثِ جِفَانٍ أَوْ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَعُصِرَ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ طَهُرَ لِجَرَيَانِ الْعَادَةِ بِالْغَسْلِ. هَكَذَا فَلَوْ لَمْ يَطْهُرْ لَضَاقَ عَلَى النَّاسِ
Al-Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.42, Dār Al-Fiqr)
كُلُّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَدَنِ الْإِنْسَانِ مِمَّا يُوجِبُ خُرُوجُهُ الْوُضُوءَ أَوْ الْغُسْلَ فَهُوَ مُغَلَّظٌ كَالْغَائِطِ وَالْبَوْلِ وَالْمَنِيِّ وَالْمَذْيِ وَالْوَدْيِ وَالْقَيْحِ وَالصَّدِيدِ وَالْقَيْءِ إذَا مَلَأَ الْفَمَ
Al-Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.46, Dār Al-Fiqr)