What is my duty - according to the Maliki school of thought - regarding clothes and towels that I washed with a garment stained with menstrual blood in a non-automatic washing machine, and the color of the blood remained on the garment? Do I have to rewash them and wash the washing machine and the places where they were hung to dry, knowing that my sisters used the towels after bathing? Is the impurity considered to have transferred to their bodies, and do I have to inform them of that so they can purify their bodies and clothes again and repeat their prayers, knowing that my sister used the washing machine after me to wash other clothes?
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The Maliki school of thought, and those who agree with them, hold that water does not become impure except through change. Accordingly, the water used to wash an impure garment is not deemed impure unless one of its characteristics (color, smell, or taste) changes due to the impurity. Garments washed in this water are considered pure, and there is no obligation to rewash the clothes or the washing machine.
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