Is it Sufficient to Mop Clean Urine and Liquid Impurities from the Floor?

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

If impurities out of the toilet onto the floor, such as menstruation and private part discharge mixed with water when a disabled person washes, and the water spills on the floor, then if you wipe it with a mop, is that sufficient to have clean it from any impurities? I’m not exactly sure how much, if any, impurities go on the floor as it’s mixed with water.

Do I need to check the color or smell of the water on the floor? I step on the wet floor afterward, so are my slippers pure enough to go into other parts of the house?
Is spilling water over the urine and wiping it with a paper/mop enough to rinse away urine on the floor?  Please can you give me a written answer?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.

It was sufficient for you to clean the floor in this way. However, in the future, with regards to cleaning impurities, such as urine, first, minimize the impurity. Pouring water on urine will only spread the urine further. It would be best if you dried as much of it as possible and then wash the area, being careful to minimize any spreading.

You may want to mop the floor once again to be cautious.

In short, when dealing with impurities, the impurity should first be minimized as best as possible. Secondly, it should be cleaned carefully, such that the impurity doesn’t spread.

[‘Ala al-Din ‘Abidin, Al-Hadiyya al-‘Ala’iyya]

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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.