Is everything a person walks on while wet considered ritually impure (najis) in the general sense? And did the prayer mat and the clothes on top of it become impure? And did the clothes on top of the mat become impure after stepping on them with a wet foot?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
The person in question suffers from many obsessive thoughts. He should be advised to ignore them and not pay attention to them. The basic principle regarding things is purity (), so one should not investigate the purity or impurity of something unless there is absolute certainty. What the brother walked on, whether it's the house floor or the carpets, is not considered impure. Similarly, prayer rugs do not become impure due to the possibility of him having stepped on them.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/163467
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 163467
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy