Is the Blanket of a Bed in Which My Son Has Urinated Impure?

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam

Question: Assalam alaykum

My son has urinated in his pyjamas while sleeping. He had two blankets covering him of which it is hard to see the traces of urine on them. I felt the blankets but could not find it wet.

1. Are the blankets now impure?

2. Has carrying the blankets made me impure?

Answer: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah,

1. The basis is that if there is no trace of impurity on the blanket, it would not be deemed filthy. [And, in any case, the only part which would be filthy, if affirmed, is the point of contact, and not the entire blanket.]

2. No, if the assumption is purity, there is no need to worry about any type of filth transfer.

Generally, if a wet, filthy object comes into contact with a dry, pure object, the latter is not deemed filthy except if the traces of filth are clearly manifest. Traces being color, taste or smell.

[Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah with Tahtawi’s Gloss (1.225); ‘Ala’ al-Din ‘Abidin, al-Hadiyya al-‘Ala’iyya (49)]

Please also see: A Reader on Waswasa (Baseless Misgivings) and Filth, Carpets and Misgivings.

And Allah Most High alone knows best.

[Ustadh] Tabraze Azam

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Ustadh Tabraze Azam holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Leicester, where he also served as the President of the Islamic Society. He memorized the entire Qur’an in his hometown of Ipswich at the tender age of sixteen, and has since studied the Islamic Sciences in traditional settings in the UK, Jordan and Turkey. He is currently pursuing advanced studies in Jordan, where he is presently based with his family.