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Given that I have removed 'Ayn al-Najāsah, could I use a soaked towel to make the item Tahir by simply wiping instead of washing with Qalil water?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

Not in most cases. Wiping would not suffice when purifying, and "washing" must be done, even if it is a very small amount of water, as long as it is "washed". 

There are certain laws related to using something other than water when doing istinja` from extretement of faeces. The details of this you must read in the book of laws of your Marja' taqleed.

However, in general washing must be done.

And Allah knows best.  
I knew I was wearing something that was Najis but didn’t realize the impurity was transferring to my body when I washed myself in the bathroom. I changed my clothes when I prayed but did not realize my body was Najis while praying. Is my prayer valid?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Doubting whether the Najasat has transferred to your body or cloth or not, does not make your body or cloth Najis. You can consider everything as Tahir unless and until you know for sure that it is Najis.

'If you are sure that you performed a Prayer while your body or cloth were Najis, then you need to be Tahir and perform that Prayer again.

Wassalam.
If someone touches a corpse and, before taking purification bath, touches other things, will those things become impure?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

No, that item touched by a person who had touched a corpse and did not perform Ghusl yet, will not become Najis (impure).

Wassalam.
My mother dropped a packet of chocolate on the floor where dogs are usually walking, laying and urinating. She then picked up the packet from the floor. Would the packet and her hand become impure as a result? If so, how can she purify them?
Seyed Ali Shobayri

Bismillah, 

Asalamu Alaykom, 

If you are 100% sure that the chocolate packet touched a part of the floor that definitely became najjs, and that the chocolate packet had moisture on it, then yes it would be najis. This would easy to purify as you could merely put the packet under a tap or just remove the chocolates. If however the floor was dry and so was the packet, then it isn't najis. 
 

May Allah grant you success