Fatwa #2539425 May 2013Canada
Does touching ham indirectly make other things impure?
Question
Does touching ham or pork indirectly cause something you touch to be napaak if no wetness was spread?
I was working in a classroom and some of the children eat pork for lunch, so the teacher wiped the table that had pork on it with a dishtowel to clean it, the next day I used the same dishtowel to clean another mess and just rinsed my hands and then I realized she had used that yesterday to clean pork and now I’m suffering from major OCD, waswassa problem because I think everything that I touched that day like my bag and pen and phone are napaak.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Rinsing your hands was sufficient to obtain purity and everything you touched subsequently (such as your bag, pen, and phone) is pure.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai