when a dog enters a room

[Flos]

Assalamu alaikum,

What should I do now? A dog entered my praying room and I have no other place to offer salaat. The dog entered the house because we had heavy storm with thunders and rain, he got scared... What now?

[AabiruSabeel]

وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته

Clean the area and you can pray there again. Dog's saliva is najis, not the whole body itself. So if there is no apparent impurity on the body, then you just have to clean those areas where its saliva might have fallen or things that were licked by the dog.

[Flos]

وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته

Clean the area and you can pray there again. Dog's saliva is najis, not the whole body itself. So if there is no apparent impurity on the body, then you just have to clean those areas where its saliva might have fallen or things that were licked by the dog.

And that's it?

[AabiruSabeel]

Yes, the Islamic way of purifying things is to wash them thrice. First make sure that there are no impurities left, then wash three times and dry after each wash.

Clothes, sheets, prayer mats etc can be washed in the machine, and as for the floor and things other than clothes, pour water and wipe them dry with a clean towel or cloth, again pour water and wipe them dry with another clean towel, once again pour water for the third time and wipe them dry for the third time. Then wash those towels later on.

Follow the same procedure for a carpet if required. Clean impurities first then pour water on the impure area and use a towel or cloth to absorb it. Repeat the same procedure three times.