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Fatwa CenterMaaliki ruling on praying with impurity on clothes if end of prayer time is near
Question
salam alykum.dear Sheikh according to malikiyyah if someone fear that by washing away impurities on his body he will miss the prayer time then he should pray in that condition. what is meant by prayer time here?is it ikhtiyari time or daruri? is he allowed to delay to daruri time?
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, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
The Maaliki jurists stated that if the time is too short to wash the impurity off the garment for the prayer and one does not find another pure garment to pray wearing, then he should pray in that garment which is soiled with impurity out of respect for the time and because the time is given priority to purity.
Minah Al–Jaleel, a commentary on the Mukhtasar Khaleel, which is a Maaliki book, reads: "If the time is short, then he should pray in that garment without washing it because observing the prayer on time is obligatorily given priority to purity." [End of quote]
The same thing is stated in Mawaahib Al-Jaleel authored by Al-Hattaab: "If there is an impurity on a particular place (on the garment), one should wash that place only; otherwise, he should wash the entire garment. If he does not have other clothes, and the time is short, then he should pray in that garment." [End of quote]
What is meant by the time is the time of choice (Ikhtiyaari). For them, the prayer can be delayed until then (i.e. until its end) for someone who expects to remove the impurity. Ash-Sharh As-Sagheer reads: "If he believes that he can remove the impurity at the ending time of the prayer, then he should delay the prayer to this ending time…. What is meant by time is delaying the time of choice (Ikhtiyaari)." [End of quote]
Al-Kharashi's Commentary on Mukhtasar Khaleel says about Khaleel's statement "If he has a bleeding nose before starting the prayer, and his bleeding continues, then he should delay (the prayer) until the end of the time of choice and pray" He (Al-Kharashi) said: "because observing the time of choice even with the impurity is better than observing purity after it (till the beginning of the time of necessity [Dharoori], i.e. the time to which it is not permitted for a person to delay his prayer unless he has a valid excuse)." [End of quote]
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