Q:
1. I live in a complex and the gardeners have over the weekend put fertilizer on the grass. I am not sure what fertiliser it is but I do know that some fertilisers contain animal faeces. With everyone walking all over the complex the fertiliser is now on the floor on many of the passages and common areas. I have tried my best not to walk on it but am not certain if I have been successful. Please can you let me know the following:
a. If I have stepped on it does it make my shoes and everywhere I subsequently walked (e.g. in my home and car) napaak?
b. Can my kids still paly and walk on the grass, given that the fertiliser has been put on or will it make their shoes and clothes napaak?
2. I sometimes leak urine, therefore I wear a sanitary pad so not to make my clothes napaak, when I sit somewhere for a long period of time or sleep, I perspire. I am therefore concerned that given that urine is on the sanitary pad when I perspire between my legs this is making my bedding or the chair that I am sitting on napaak. Please can you let me know if this in fact the case and whether I have to clean these items every time this happens?
A:
1. a. If there are no traces of the fertilizer then your shoes are paak.
b. Yes.
2. Don't pay attention to all of this.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Q: The answer I received for part b above is yes. Is it yes they can play on the grass without getting napaak or yes doing so will make them napaak. The reason for my uncertainty is that the fertilizer and sand have now mixed and I will not be able to tell if its sand or fertilizer on their shoes/clothes etc
A: If there are no traces of fertilizer on the grass, their shoes will not get napaak through playing on the grass.
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Q: As I indicated the sand and fertilizer have mixed and since they look similar I can’t tell if its fertilizer or sand on the grass. Based on this can my kids still play on the grass
A: If it is mixed with the sand and is no longer in its original state, it will be regarded as sand. Hence your children's shoes will not get napaak through playing on the grass.
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