Is the traditional method of washing clothes—which involves soaking, scrubbing, and wringing them in soapy water, then rinsing them with clean water—sufficient for purifying them from impurity? What is the ruling on placing the clothes first before pouring water over them? And what is the correct way to manually wash clothes if the aforementioned method is insufficient?

The majority of scholars hold that if impurity falls into water, and the water is less than two qullas (approximately 160.5 liters), then it becomes impure, and an impure garment placed in it will not be purified. The correct method for purifying a garment is by pouring pure water over it until the water separates without being altered by the impurity. The Malikis do not differentiate in purification between pouring water over the garment or placing the garment in water, as long as the impurity has been removed, even if the water is less than two qullas. Impurity is only removed by pure water that is sufficient for ritual purification (of hadath). Therefore, water mixed with soap does not purify an impure garment, according to the majority of scholars.