Fatwa #337919 June 2019United States of America
Are clothes washed in a washing machine clean?
Question
Salaam
So i am 15 and always laundered na pak clothes with pak
in the laundry i used soap, and the machine has 3 washing cycles
are my clothes pak or not pak? Are all my namaz accepted? I pray all namaz.
i asked an alim dawate islami he said i have to hand wash them 3 times seperately
i asked another Alima (women) she said its ok
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.
As-salaamu `alaykum wa-ramatullahi wa-barakatuh.
In principle, when a cloth with an impurity is washed and squeezed three times it will be pure even if any stain of the impurity remains on it.
One may perform salaah in such clothes and it doesn’t have to be repeated. [i]
And Allah Ta`ala Knows Best.
Hussein Muhammad.
Student Darul Iftaa
Arusha, Tanzania
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahhim Desai
[i]
شرح مختصر الطحاوي للجصاص (1/ 359)
والنجاسة تشمل على عين وأثر، فأجاز عليه الصلاة والسلام الصلاة مع وجود الأثر عند زوال عينها
بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع (1/ 88)
وَإِنْ كَانَتْ النَّجَاسَةُ مَرْئِيَّةً كَالدَّمِ وَنَحْوِهِ، فَطَهَارَتُهَا زَوَالُ عَيْنِهَا، وَلَا عِبْرَةَ فِيهِ بِالْعَدَدِ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّجَاسَةَ فِي الْعَيْنِ فَإِنْ زَالَتْ الْعَيْنُ زَالَتْ النَّجَاسَةُ،
Kitaabul Masa`il, Vol 1, Pg 120.
Fataawa Haqqaniyya, Vol 2, Pg 582.