Purity: Can Asphalt Roads Purify the Soles of Feet or Shoes?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Can Asphalt Roads Purify the Soles of Feet or Shoes?

English:

Question #80

Are the roads paved with asphalt or other materials considered as instances of the earth that purifies, so that by walking upon them the sole of the feet or the underneath surface of the shoes can be purified?

Answer #80

When the bottom of one’s shoes / soles of feet become najis as a result of walking on the ground, they are purified by walking almost ten steps on a dry and pure ground if the inherently najis substance or the made-najis object is removed from it by walking on, or rubbing it against, the ground.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules Concerning the Different Types of Water