What is the ruling on using fabric softeners and conditioners in washing, such as Downy, and do they contain impurities like alcohol? What is the ruling on using clothes washed with them, given the uncertainty of their impurity?
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As long as the questioner is not certain about the presence of impurity in fabric softeners, the original state of these softeners is purity, and it is permissible to use them. If they contain an impurity that has undergone a chemical transformation (istihalah), then they are pure. If the impurity has not undergone such a transformation, it becomes pure by washing with water. This inquiry is a continuation of obsessive doubts (waswasah).
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