Fatwa ID: 07760

Answered by: Alimah Maryam Badshah

Question:

If a few years ago I used to touch the fridge and freezer with wet Najis hands and now I’m not sure if the impurity transferred or not (there is no impurity visible now which is 1 year later) is everything Najis?

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

Answer:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Cleanliness is half of faith…” (Sahih Muslim)(1)

Cleanliness is an important part of our faith and a prerequisite to key acts of worship. It is a source of reward and forgiveness and a quality that separates us from the disbelievers. Anything wet with impurity transfers that impurity onto anything it touches until it has dried. As for impurities on solid surfaces, like your fridge and freezer, whilst it was wet you would have only been required to wipe down the surfaces touched with water or cleaning solution. Now, even though the impurity has dried up without a trace, you would still need to clean those surfaces by wiping the areas at least once since you know the impurity transferred to those places.(2)

Only Allah knows best.
Written by Alimah Maryam Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham

References:

(1)

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، أَنَّ زَيْدًا، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلأُ الْمِيزَانَ ‏.‏ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلآنِ – أَوْ تَمْلأُ – مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَالصَّلاَةُ نُورٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ وَالْقُرْآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَكَ أَوْ عَلَيْكَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْدُو فَبَائِعٌ نَفْسَهُ فَمُعْتِقُهَا أَوْ مُوبِقُهَا ‏”‏.‏

Sahih Muslim 223 (Bk.2, ch1, sunnah.com)

(2)

 فَإِنْ كَانَ مِمَّا لَا يُتَشَرَّبُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ أَصْلًا، كَالْأَوَانِي الْمُتَّخَذَةِ مِنْ الْحَجَرِ وَالصُّفْرِ، وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالْخَزَفِ الْعَتِيقِ، وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ فَطَهَارَتُهُ بِزَوَالِ عَيْنِ النَّجَاسَةِ، أَوْ الْعَدَدُ عَلَى مَا مَرَّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِمَّا يُتَشَرَّبُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ قَلِيلٌ، كَالْبَدَنِ وَالْخُفِّ وَالنَّعْل فَكَذَلِكَ؛

… مَا لَا يَنْعَصِرُ بِالْعَصْرِ إنْ عُلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُتَشَرَّبْ فِيهِ، بَلْ أَصَابَ ظَاهِرَهُ يَطْهُرُ بِإِزَالَةِ الْعَيْنِ، أَوْ بِالْغَسْلِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَصْرٍ

Badā’i’ Al-Ṣanā’i’ (Vol.1, pg.88, Dār Al-Kutub Al-’Ilmiyyah)

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)