Should a Suspicious Puddle Be Treated as Impure?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

If I step on a yellow puddle and suspect it might be dog urine due to surrounding clues, but did not see the dog urinate, must I treat it as impure or assume purity since certainty is not lifted by doubt?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.

As long as you are not reasonably sure or certain that the puddle was affected by dog urine, the puddle is considered pure. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he went on to study at Darul Uloom Seminary in New York and completed his studies at Darul Mustafa in Tarim, Yemen.

There, he completed the memorization of the Quran and his study of Islamic Sciences. Throughout his years of study, he was blessed to learn from many great scholars: Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Habib Kazhim al-Saqqaf, Shaykh ‘Umar bin Husayn al-Khatib, and others.

Upon returning, he joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.