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Is breast milk pure, what is the ruling on it falling on clothes, does it nullify ablution, and is it permissible to pray with clothes stained with it?

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Mother's milk is pure by the consensus of scholars and does not defile clothes. Prayer is permissible with clothes that have been stained by milk, even if they have not been washed. Furthermore, the emission of milk from a mother's breast does not invalidate wudu'.

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