Is it permissible to purify with water directly if there is a layer or substance preventing water from reaching the ground (or shoe or any other solid object) that was previously present, and then impurity fell on the ground? Can we purify without removing this layer since it was there before and will consequently purify its surface?
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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):
If this substance is dry and impermeable, what is beneath it does not become impure, and it suffices to purify the surface of the contaminated material. However, if this substance is sticky and thick, forming a layer like grease, then what is beneath it also does not become impure, but the layer itself remains impure, and the impurity can be removed by eliminating this layer without the need to pour water.
May you be successful in all good.
Source:
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him): Educational Message, Purification, Impurities (3)
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him): Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, How Impurity Spreads to Contact Surfaces,