If one is not sure whether a dog has licked something
Question: 10949
If you think that a dog may have licked a piece of clothing but you’re not sure for sure, then what should you do? Is it okay to pray in it? I really need to know because it’s bothering me because I have a dog at home( I am a convert,) and sometimes I don’t see if he is there or not.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
Keeping
a dog is haraam, unless it is a dog for farming or hunting, or a sheep
dog. It is haraam to keep any kind of dog apart from these, because
that takes away one qeeraat of reward from its owner each day. According
to another report, it takes away two qeeraats. If it is kept for a purpose
which is allowed, if it licks a vessel or anything else, it must be
purified, by washing it seven times, one of which must be with soil.
This is if one is certain that it has licked it. In cases where there
is doubt, it is not obligatory to wash it if we are not certain, because
the basic principle is that things are pure.
Source:
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr
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