QUESTION:
A woman, while making salaah, is carrying a child on her back, who has messed its diaper. Does her Salaah become invalid due to the Illah that its like carrying Najaasah? And what if the woman just changed the child and carried her while making her salaah, and then the child messes the diaper; in this case what should be done?
ANSWER:
If a child (with impurity) sat on the mother on its own, then the mother’s Salaah will be valid as the impurity will not be attributed to the mother. However, if the child does not have the ability of holding (onto the mother by itself) and it remains on the mother less than the duration it takes to discharge a Rukn, then Salaah will be valid, but if it remains on the mother for the duration of a Rukn or more, then the mother’s Salaah will be invalid.
Coming to your query, if the child was placed on the back by the mother then her Salaah will be invalid irrespective of whether the child was Napaak from the beginning or the child messed whilst the mother was in Salaah with the proviso that the Napaak child remained on the mother for the duration of a Rukn.
إذَا وُضِعَ فِي حِجْرِ الْمُصَلِّي الصَّبِيُّ الْغَيْرُ الْمُسْتَمِكِ وَعَلَيْهِ نَجَاسَةٌ مَانِعَةٌ إنْ لَمْ يَمْكُثْ قَدْرَ مَا أَمْكَنَهُ أَدَاءُ رُكْنٍ لَا تَفْسُدُ صَلَاتُهُ وَإِنْ مَكَثَ تَفْسُدُ بِخِلَافِ مَا لَوْ اسْتَمْسَكَ وَإِنْ طَالَ مُكْثُهُ وَكَذَا الْحَمَامَةُ الْمُتَنَجِّسَةُ إذَا جَلَسَتْ عَلَيْهِ. هَكَذَا فِي الْخُلَاصَةِ وَفَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ (الفتاوي الهندية ص63 ج1)
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
Date: 22 Dhul Hijjah 1445 / 29 June 2024
