Is it permissible to remove papers containing the name of Allah the Almighty from the trash and set them aside in order to catch the congregational prayer, or must they be burned even if that means missing the congregational prayer, and is it permissible to use a liquid accelerant to ignite them if it is difficult to do so?
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You did well in your initiative to remove the papers from the trash and to pray with the congregation. You did the right thing, and you are thanked and rewarded for it. As for disposing of respectful papers, they can be burned with any pure substance. One should be careful of obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas).
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