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Is wiping a child clean of impurity with wet tissues considered purifying, and what is the ruling on a mother touching her child, the sofa, and her clothes after that?

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It clarifies the ruling on cleaning a child with wet wipes, stating that impurity (najāsa) is not transferred except with certainty, and that the mother's clothes and the furnishings have not become impure because the default state is purity. It is permissible for someone afflicted with obsessive doubts (waswās) to adopt the view of the Hanafis that impurity is not transferred merely by contact as long as it is wet, as this provides ease and removes hardship for them. One should strive against these obsessive doubts and not give in to them.

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