The Book Of Prayer (Kitaab-ul-Salaat)

pouring water does not cause harm, water should be poured over such bandage. In due course if
it is not harmful to do "Masah" over the injured part, "Masah" should be adopted immediately.
Later when washing the injured portion will not cause harm, it will become obligatory to wash it.
It should therefore be understood that when the ability exists, the superior act must be performed
and the lesser act will no more suffice.
If very little time is left for offering Prayer, and it is feared that the time will lapse if one takes a
bath or performs ablution, one must perform the "Tayammum" and offer the Prayer. It is
however incumbent to repeat such Prayer after proper bathing or ablution.
If the excuse due to which "Tayammum" was done does not remain any more, it will make the
"Tayammum" invalid. The occurrence of anything that breaks the ablution will also break the
"Tayammum" which was done in place of ablution. Similarly the occurrence of anything which
makes bathing compulsory will break the "Tayammum" which was done in place of bathing.
PURIFYING IMPURE CLOTHES
To purify an impure cloth, first wash it properly and then squeeze it with full strength until water
does not drip from it any more, even if further strength is applied. Then wash the hands, and
again wash the cloth, squeezing it with full strength until water does not drip from it any more
even if further strength is applied. Wash the hands again and wash the cloth for a third time -
then squeeze it with full strength until water does not drip from it any more even if further
strength is applied. The cloth has now become pure.
If a person has applied full strength to squeeze out water from the cloth, it will be pure for him -
but if another person having more strength squeezes it and some more water drips from it, then
the cloth will be pure only for the former and not for the latter.
This rule should be remembered well. Every person should purify his / her own clothes or else
purify them in running water. The method of doing this is to at first wash the clothes with soap or
in a washing machine, and then put them in a utensil (e.g. bucket) and pour water into the utensil
until the cloth gets covered in the water and the utensil starts overflowing. The flowing water
will render the cloth pure.
Fine clothes, shoes, carpets etc., which get damaged due to wringing / squeezing, must be
washed and dried until water does not drip from it any more. Then wash again and let it dry a
second time. Then wash again and let it dry for a third time. This will make it pure.
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