Impure splashes fell on the clothes

Question

A person is busy with his work and the time of prayer has come. As he set off for the prayer, it so happened that something impure splashed on him and the splashes fell on his body. Now he does not have enough time to wash and purify the clothes. Kindly write: what should he do now? How should he perform the prayer?

Answer

If the total of these splashes is more than the hollow of one palm (and that thing is heavy najasa (ghaliza)), then washing it is necessary. If another garment is available, let him put it on and pray. If there is not even enough other pure clothing to cover the satr, that is, from the navel to the knees, then let him wash this impure garment; let him not pray in the impure…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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