Validation of reciting the shahdah?
Question
Can a person who is accepting Islam recite the shahadah in a place where there is impurity near them or on them and they are certain it is impurity? Is the acceptance valid?
Answer
Assalāmuʿalaykum Wa Raḥmatullāhi Wa Barakātuh
Yes, the acceptance will be valid.
However, it is advisable for him/her to maintain etiquette when reciting the Shahādah as it contains the blessed name of Allāh ﷻ; hence, to avoid reciting it in the toilet or washroom for example.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala knows best.
Answered by: Mufti Ismail Moosa