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Did the prayer of three people on a rug over carpet count despite possible najasah?

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Assalamo alaikum,

I had some people pray in my house, in my bedroom, in a way that three people, who were standing in a row, were sharing the same prayer rug, which was spread breadth-wise in front of them. The feet of these three persons were on the wall-to-wall carpet, not on the prayer rug.

I am now thinking that the general area of the wall-to-wall carpet where they were praying and where their feet were placed may possibly have had najasah on it. I don’t have certainty (yaqeen) that this is indeed the case, and there are no physical traces of najasah there, but I feel that drops of najasah may possibly have been dropped there at an earlier time. Upon reflection, I can’t quite make up my mind *how* likely the presence of impurity was (whether it’s a low probability, or a medium probability or a high probability).

This being the case, was the prayer of these three people valid or should I tell them to repeat it?

Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Inspirer of Truth.
Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

The rug is regarded as pure, hence the prayer was in order. Something is not regarded as impure, simply on the basis of doubt.

And Allah knows Best
Wa Alaykumussalaam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh

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