Walking with Wet Feet on a Dry Impure Carpet

· 7 Jumada II 1433 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a person walks with wet feet on a dry impure carpet, does his feet become impure?

Answer

If any traces of impurity from the napaak carpet gets onto his feet, his feet will become napaak.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

اليقين لا يزول بالشك (الأشباه والنظائر 1/183)

نام أو مشى على نجاسة إن ظهر عينها تنجس وإلا لا ( رد المحتار 1/346)

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