Does a small amount of water become impure when washing clothes that have alcoholic perfumes on them? And is it permissible to adopt the view of those who say that a small amount of water does not become impure except through change, in order to avoid obsessive doubts and family problems?
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Piety and avoiding doubtful matters are good, but they should not lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswasa) and blameworthy extremism (tanattu'). One can act upon the opinion of the Malikis and those who agreed with them, that a small amount of water does not become impure except through change [in its properties], and there is no harm in perfumes not being impure. It is permissible for someone afflicted with waswasa to adopt the easiest opinions.
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