What is the ruling for someone who experiences doubts about whether they have purified an item after some time?
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Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei and Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect them):
All scholars clearly and explicitly state – in accordance with religious texts – that the duty of the overly scrupulous person (the waswasi) is to disregard their doubts and assume that everything they are uncertain about is pure. Even if they are certain of the impurity of something – unlike what happens to other people who are aware of it – their knowledge does not matter, and they must assume it is pure. If the waswasi follows this religious ruling and assumes the purity of everything they doubt, even if they are certain of its impurity, they are excused before God, even if their actions contradict reality and their prayers or food are impure.
May you be successful in all good.
Source:
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him): Answers to Inquiries, Rulings on Scrupulosity.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him): Official website.