Praying on ground plastered with dung

Question

If [the floor of] a house has been plastered with dung together with clay — first with dung and then with clay, or the other way round, or with dung alone — can prayer be performed on it in any of these cases or not?

Answer

If the ground was first plastered with dung and then with clay in such a way that the dung is completely hidden and nothing of it, such as its smell, can be perceived, then prayer on it is permissible. This is what is understood from al-Khaniyya, where it says: [ar]أراد أن يصلي على أرض عليها نجاسة فكنسها بالتراب، نظر: إن كان التراب قليلًا بحيث لو استشمه يجد رائحة النجاسة لا…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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