Is it necessary to remove with soap the slight oily residue remaining on the lips after eating before praying or fasting, and does swallowing saliva mixed with it affect the validity of the prayer and the fast?
Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported Sep 2, 2026
Using soap to wash food remnants is not obligatory, and no scholar has ever mandated it. Moreover, food remnants do not affect the validity of the fast or the prayer. It appears that the question stems from obsessive doubts.
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