Doubts with regard to impurities
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I have some queries related to Taharat , that I hope you will answer.
At the outset , I would like to state that I have suffered from Waswas regarding Taharat in different forms , for most of my adult life.It is very difficult for me to judge whether I am acting on Waswas or the actual requirement of Shariah.
Alhamdulillah , I have gotten rid of most of my Waswas regarding Wudu and ghusl but am still very concerned about paaki , napaaki and spread of najasat.
My questions are long , but I humbly request you to guide me in these matters to make my life easier and in accordance to Shariah.
I live in a non-Muslim country.I have been living in this particular residential complex for two years now , although I have moved rooms within that complex and this is the third room I am living in , to which I moved in very recently.
Once in a month , the cleaning staff of the building comes in and cleans the bathroom.
I have observed more than once(while living in my previous room) that the worker comes in , sprays detergent on the sink , sink counter and tap , and wipes it off with a sponge.The same sponge is used to clean other surfaces of the bathroom which may not be paak.
The room/bathroom where I am currently staying in has not yet been cleaned by the workers in my presence.But because these workers are non-Muslims and not careful regarding purities and impurities from an Islamic perspective, I consider the sink counter and tap pf my bathroom to be najisbecause non-Muslims have lived in here before and it has been cleaned by non-Muslim workers.
My questions:
1) Should I consider the tap and sink counter to be najis?
2) I am also not sure of how to purify the tap and sink counter in case it is napaak.
Pouring water creates a lot of mess ,and falls over to the floor.
Please tell me an easy method of purifying sink counters and taps.
3) In a few weeks , the monthly cleaning of my bathroom will start.After each bathroom cleaning session , do I have to consider my sink and tap as najis?
4) In my parents home , the Muslim cleaner mops the floor of the bathrooms and uses the same mop to wipe over the floor of the other rooms.Does this make the other rooms napaak?
Answer:
1. There is no certainty that the tap and sink counter is Najis, thus on the basis of mere doubt one cannot consider them as Napaak. However, since non-Muslims were previously occupying the premises, it will be best to wash the place so that it may be considered as Paak without any doubt.
2. By merely pouring water over these items thrice, they will be considered as Paak as these are such items that do not absorb any impurity. [Re:- Fataawa Mahmoodiyya Pg. 319 Vol.8] This is the method prescribed in the books of Fiqh and will therefore will have to be implemented even though the process might be a little messy.
3. Since there is a fear of an impure sponge being used to clean the bathroom, you should keep your own sponge, mop, etc. for cleaning the bathroom and cleaners should be advised how to use them. Alternately, due to the fact that you constantly suffer from Wasaawis, it is best that you personally clean the bathroom so there remains no room for any Wasaawis whatsoever in future.
4. If the bathrooms were free of impurities when mopped then the remaining rooms will also be considered as Paak since the mop was free of all impurities. However, if some impurities spread onto the mop from the bathroom floor and these impurities then spread onto the room floors then the room floors have to be washed to get rid of the impurities. You are not aware with certainty of impurities being transferred from the bathroom floor to the other rooms hence the other rooms will be considered Paak, unless proven otherwise.
AND ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST
ANSWERED BY: Mufti Mohammed Desai
CHECKED AND APPROVED BY: Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B
Date: 05 Safar 1440
English Date: 15 October 2018