Does dirty water that splash on us prevent prayers? What is the amount and rate of dirty water that is exempted?

The wudu places of some mosques are not appropriate. Water falls on the ground where our feet are while making wudu and splashes on us. Is this water dirty or is it necessary for the trace of impurity to be seen on us for it to be regarded dirty? We know that some people come out of the toilet and step on those places with the shoes that they have been in the toilet.

Dear Brother / Sister,

The clean water that falls on a dirty place is not regarded as clean since it is dirtied by impurity. However, if the water that splashes on the body or clothes of a person is not more than one-fourth of the clothes or the organ of the body, it is exempted. The prayer performed with it is valid.

As a matter of fact, urine sprinkles as small as pinpoints that splash on the body or the clothes do not prevent prayer - even if they cover the whole body. For, it is difficult to avoid them.

However, it is sunnah to avoid urine sprinkles and splashing all the time. Roads do not become impure when shoes step on them. This is the view of Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad. This is also the accepted view.

References:

- Prof. Dr. Wahba Zuhayli, İslam Fıkhı Ansiklopedisi.

- Celal Yıldırım, İslam Fıkhı.

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