Impure Clothing In A Washing Machine
Question
By placing na-paak clothing into a washing machine, does it become paak or make the other clothes na-paak?
Answer
The ideal thing would be to wash off the impurity from the clothes then place them in the washing machine. However if someone has sent his impure (napaak) clothes to the laundry then following a full washing cycle, the clothes would be regarded as clean and paak. This is because the clothes are washed numerous amount of times during the washing cycle and water is constantly renewed while it goes out and new water comes in.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
(منحة الخالق على البحر الرائق شرح كنز الدقائق ٢٣٦/١ المكتبة الماجدية)
(مجمع الأنهر في شرح ملتقى الأبحر ٦٠/١ باب الانجاس مكتبه دار احياء التراث العربى)
- Approved by
- Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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