Fatwa ID: 06322

Answered by: Mufti Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam

Question:

If face cloth is used and few qatarat (droplets) fall off the face this will suffice for “washing”

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Using a face cloth does not count as washing because washing is to make water run/flow. [1]

[1] [Hidayah page 22, volume 1, Maktabul Bushra print]

Only Allah knows best

Written by Mufti Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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