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Does touching things that have been touched by an impurity, such as a washbasin touched by someone who cleaned himself with his hand, invalidate ablution, and is it necessary to sprinkle water on it before ablution to avoid that?

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The default status of things is purity unless their impurity is certain. Therefore, there is no need to wash a sink merely due to a doubt about its impurity. Touching an impurity does not invalidate ablution (Wudu'), and the person performing ablution removes it without redoing Wudu'. As for the presence of impurity on a limb before ablution, there is a difference of opinion among scholars, and the preponderant view has been clarified.

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