Purity: Rules on Najis Clothes with Semen and Informing Others Before Washing

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Rules on Najis Clothes with Semen and Informing Others Before Washing

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Question #276:

If the clothes of a junub person become najis with semen, what is the rule if a hand touches the clothes when there is moisture in any one of them? Secondly, is it permissible for the junub person to give this dress to another for washing it? Is it obligatory for him to inform the person who wants to wash the dress about its najāsah?

Answer #276:

Semen is najis, and if it comes into contact with something with transmitting moisture, it makes the latter najis. It is not necessary to inform the person washing the dress about its najāsah. However, unless the owner of the clothes becomes certain about their purity, he could not apply rules of purity to them.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Najis Substances