| Source: | http://qa.muftisays.com/?11460 |
| Question ID: | #11460 |
| Question: Transference of Absolutely Known/Partially Certain Impurity Everywhere Beyond Scope | |
| Assalammualaikum,
Forgive me for the lengthy question. The full scenario: I suffer from OCD and Overactive Bladder Syndrome. Both conditions worsen the other. Even while wearing an incontinence pad, I never manage to make it to the toilet seat as the urine tends to overflow even with the pad on, so I end up only making it as far as the shower area where I clean myself entirely, including the entire shower area due to the splashes. Today I had cleaned myself entirely and washed the entire shower area including the steel hanging rack at the bottom of the shower area. This is because whenever I rush to the shower area, most of the times either splashes of actual urine from attempts to remove the incontinence pad, or sometimes splashes from water of when I'm cleaning myself fall onto that rack. However after cleaning up and doing wudoo there, I realized there was a significant amount of unnoticed rust or grime at the bottom of the steel hanging rack, which I usually wash over with water. I honestly cannot tell whether this is just rust which has become wet, or grime/dirt that clings onto metals over time, or both. It's clear its been there for some time. The water dripping from it appeared to not be discolored, but I cannot confirm smell nor taste obviously and cannot analyze the color well (if any). Since prayer time was short and I was not sure of the ruling, I acted on good faith that it will be OK and precedence is to make the prayer time and to go work as I was late. My questions: 1. Is this a case of wet on wet impurity being transferred? Was the steel hanging rack considered impure due to having actual urine or backsplashes of cleaning water falling over either rust or dirt/grime? 2. In general not specific to this specific scenario above alone, is there any concession to relieve the hardship for absolutely known or even partially certain impurity being spread everywhere among the schools? May I use the any of same clothes or items in the house "tainted" by this spread impurity (since if you follow the principle impurity has spread) 3. Is it allowed to follow other madhabs in specific cases of significant hardship only? The issue: is if that is indeed impure, I have transferred this onto my prayer clothing, home and work clothes, and house items. I follow the Shafii school (very strict on matters of impurity), but I'm desperate for relief; please kindly alleviate me from the hardship I'm facing over this matter with a ruling/opinion from the Hanafi school or any predominant scholarly opinion amongst all the madhabs. Hoping for some concession in case of hardship/beyond the scope of my limits. I usually follow what is agreed upon by majority of scholars, but I feel lost and unable to focus on prayer. It breaks my heart, I truly believe I'm at fault and Allah will be angry at me, even when I acted out of good faith. But I realized I might as well have missed the prayer and work, to later make up the missed prayer, if it caused me so much hardship in the first place. Thanks again. |
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| Answered by: | Ulamaa ID 04 (London) |
| Date: | 06/02/2025 16:51pm |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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