Sending impure clothes for washing

16-5-2016 | IslamWeb

Question:

I give my impure clothes for washing. People who wash my clothes put them in a washing machine or a tub and wash them once or twice or more . I do not know whether that is the correct method or not or if there is some difference of opinion. What should I do with clothes that were washed like this and with clothes of which I ignore how they were washed? Please give me the correct stance on this matter. I saw other questions on the site, but they were of no help in my matter.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

If you are certain that water has been poured over these impure clothes in a way that the water covered the entire impure spot (if the impurity was not visible) or to the extent that the water totally removed the impurity if it was visible, then this is enough to rule that the clothes have become pure.

However, if you yourself wash the impure spot from the clothes before sending them to other people to wash them so that you make sure that the impurity is removed and avoid doubts, then that would be good.

For more benefit, please refer to fatwa 229372.

Allaah knows best.