Sufficing On Using The Washing Machine For One's Napaak Clothes

· 4 Jumada II 1433 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a person's clothes were napaak and were not washed at all. Someone took it and placed in the washing basket. It was washed with the other clothes and it is now clean (apparently). Will it still have to be washed two more times or the washing machine was sufficient?

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Answer

You do not need to wash it any further.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

واعلم أن أسباب التخفيف في العبادات وغيرها سبعة ... السادس : العسر وعموم البلوى (الأشباه و النظائر مع شرح الحموي 1/226-228)

وما عمت بليته خفت قضيته (بدائع الصنائع 1/81)

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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