Cases where Cleansiness of body and clothes is a must

860. In the following three cases the prayers offered by a person will be valid, even if his body or dress be Najis:

I. If his body or dress is stained with the blood discharged from a wound or a sore on his body.

II. If his body or dress is stained with blood, spread over a space lesser than a Dirham (which is almost equal to a small coin).

III. If he has no alternative but to offer prayers with Najis body or dress.
Further, there are situations in which, if the dress of one who prays is Najis, the Namaz will be valid.
i. When small clothes like socks and gloves are Najis.
ii. When the dress of a body sitter is Najis.
Rules of these five cases will be discussed in details later.

861. If there is blood stain from wound, sore or abscess in clothes or body of a person who wants to offer prayers, if it is in a way that washing of body or changing clothes is very difficult for most of people or that particular person, he can pray with that stain until the wound, sore or abscess is removed. The same applies if pus which comes with blood or the medicine put on the wound becomes Najis and remains in the body or clothes of the concerned person.

862. If blood on the dress or the body of a person who is praying, originates from a small cut or wound which can be healed easily, and it is the size of a small coin, and which can be washed clean, then his Namaz is void.

863. If any part of the body, or the dress which is away from the wound becomes Najis owing to the fluid which oozes out from the wound, it is not permissible to offer prayers with it. However, if a part of the body or dress around the wound becomes Najis, owing to suppuration, there is no harm in offering prayers with it.

864. If the body or dress of a person is stained with blood from internal one’s mouth, nose, etc., he cannot offer prayers with that blood and he must wash it. But the blood of piles is not a hindrance for prayer, even if it is internal.

865. If a person has a wound on his body and he sees blood on his body or dress which does not know whether it is from his wound or some other blood, he can pray with it.

866. If a person has several wounds, but they are so near one another that they may be treated as one, there is no harm in offering prayers with their blood, as long as they have not healed. However, if they are separate, each one as an independent wound, he should wash and make Pak body and dress, each time when a wound is healed up.

867. If the clothes or the body of a person praying, is stained with the blood of Hayz, however little, the Namaz will be void. And, as an obligatory precaution, the same rule applies to the blood of Nifas, Istihaza, the blood from an animal whose meat is Haraam, should be avoided. As regards other bloods, like the blood from a human body, or from an animal whose meat is Halal, there is no harm in offering prayers with them, even if they are found at several places on the dress or the body, provided that when added together, their area is less than that of a Dirham (a small coin).

868. If blood stains one side of the dress, and then seeps through or he other side, it will be considered as one. However, if the other side of the dress gets smeared with blood separately, each one will be considered as a separate blood, therefore, if blood on both sides is less than a Dirham in area when put together, Namaz will be valid with them. But if it exceeds the area, then Namaz will be void.

869. If blood falls on a dress, which has a lining, and reaches it, or falls on its lining and reaches the upper part of the dress, each of them will be considered separate blood. Hence, if the area of the blood of the dress and that of the lining, when added together, are less than the area of a Dirham, the prayers offered with them will be in order, an if they are more, the prayers offered with that blood will be void.

871. If there is no blood on the body or dress of a person, but it becomes Najis because of contact with some moisture mixed with blood, prayers cannot be offered with it, even if the part which has become Najis is less than the area of a Dirham.

873. If small dresses belonging to a person offering prayers, like his socks or scalp cap, which would not ordinarily cover his private parts, become Najis, and if they are not made of the parts of a carcass or an animal whose meat is Haraam to eat, the prayers offered with them will be in order. And there is also no objection, if one offers prayers with a Najis ring or spectacle.

874. As an obligatory precaution, carrying some Najis things which can be used to cover private parts, is not permissible for a person who wants to pray, but if someone is not aware of this and he has offered prayers in that way for some time, it is not necessary for him to give Qadha for them. But carrying Najis things which cannot be used to cover the private parts, such as small handkerchief, keys, knife, and Najis money has no harm.

875. A body sitter who has not another dress, if she cannot buy or borrow another dress, if she washes her dress once every day, even if her dress is stained with body’s urine for six days, she can pray with the same dress but, as an obligatory precaution, she must wash her dress become Najis and if she has another dress but she is obliged to wear all of them, if she washes them once every day it will be sufficient.