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Mucus coming out due to an infection being impure

· 21 Muharram 1448 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

A family member visited. She had a flu and had a white mucus coming out of her eyes. She kept wiping the mucus and touching it and then touched many items including food, myself and my kids on the skin without washing her hands.

1. Does this make the food and mine and my kids skin that she touched napaak?

2. Is the white mucus from her eyes napaak?

Answer

If the mucus coming out from her eye was due to an eye infection, then it will be regarded in the law of pus. Hence, it is impure. If you cannot see any traces of that on any surface, then regard the surface to be pure.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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