If impure clothes are put in the washing machine with water and soap and washed once, but a trace of blood color remains, do all the clothes, the washing machine, and the hand of whoever touched the clothes while they were wet become impure? And do other clothes that are put in the washing machine later become impure? What should be done if almost all the clothes and household items have become impure?
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If a slight trace of blood color remains on the garment after washing it, it is excused, and that does not cause harm. The garment is judged to be pure, based on what Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Khawlah bint Yasar regarding traces of blood: "Water is sufficient for you, and its trace will not harm you." Also, based on what Aisha narrated, that water is purifying. Moreover, the water used to wash the garment and other clothes in it does not become impure due to that trace. If you suffer from obsessive whispers, do not succumb to them; cut them off.
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