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Stain transferred from underwear to tissue

6 November, 2022

Question:

Hello. I am not niddah at the moment, but have been spotting lately. I am careful to only wear coloured underwear. I had quite a wet stain this morning on my black underwear and used a toilet paper tissue to wipe it off, only to notice a small red stain on the tissue (smaller than a dime). I wanted to know if that could render me niddah? Thank you very much.


Answer:

Thank you for reaching out to us.

A stain on colored undergarments does not make a woman niddah. A stain found via transfer from another surface, such as you describe with the toilet paper, does not make a woman niddah.

Therefore, based on what you write, the small red stain on the tissue did not make you niddah.

Learn more about the laws of stains here.

Please be in touch with any further questions.


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