Is prayer repeated for clothing impurity discovered or remembered only afterwards?
2026-10-13
F172 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز
Original Q&A · Full displayed answer
This concerns material impurity on clothing discovered or remembered after prayer. It is not the ruling for praying without required wudu or ghusl. Ibn Baz’s preference between two scholarly views is retained.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ننتقل إلى سؤاله الثاني يقول فيه: صليت وملابسي الداخلية على غير طهارة، وكنت ناسيا، هل أعيد ما صليت؟
الجواب
إذا صلى المسلم وفي ثيابه نجاسة، ولم يذكر إلا بعد الصلاة، أو لم يعلم إلا بعد الصلاة فإن صلاته صحيحة على الصحيح، ومعذور بالجهل والنسيان، إذا انتهت صلاته قبل أن يعلم، لقول الله سبحانه: ربنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأنا [البقرة:286] ولما ثبت عنه ﷺ أنه دخل الصلاة يوما، وفي نعليه قذر، فأخبره جبرائيل في أثناء الصلاة أن بهما قذرا فخلعهما، ولم يعد أول الصلاة، بل استمر في صلاته، لأنه جاهل بذلك القذر، فهكذا من دخل في صلاته وفي ملابسه شيء من النجاسة، ولم يعلم، أو لم يذكر إلا بعد الفراغ فإن صلاته صحيحة في أصح قولي العلماء.
نعم.
English translation
English rendering prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic answer. Not an official translation.
Original question
His second question is: I prayed while my underclothes were impure, having forgotten about it. Must I repeat the prayer?
Answer
If a Muslim prays with impurity on his clothing and only remembers or discovers it after finishing, his prayer is valid according to the correct view. He is excused by ignorance or forgetfulness when the prayer has ended before he knows. Allah says: “Our Lord, do not take us to account if we forget or make a mistake” [al-Baqarah 2:286]. It is established that the Prophet ﷺ began prayer one day with filth on his sandals. Jibril informed him during the prayer, so he removed them and continued without repeating its beginning, because he had not known about the filth. Likewise, someone who begins prayer with impurity on his clothes and only discovers or remembers it after finishing has a valid prayer according to the more correct of the two scholarly views.
Yes.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Baz website, item 9017
الموقع الرسمي للشيخ ابن باز
Official website of Shaykh Ibn Baz
Arabic checked against the complete displayed answer on the official Ibn Baz page. Printed locator is the website’s own reference.