Salam Aleykum Brothers and Sisters in Islam!
There seems to be a new Fatwa by Seyed Ayatollah Sistani!
According to the past this was stated in the Q&A section of his (the emince) website
Question: What is your ruling about cat hair on a person's dress during salat?
Answer: Cat hair does not make prayers void.
Cat Hair
2Question: Can I keep a cat in my house?
Answer: There is no problem.
Animals
3Question: Does cat hair affect your prayers.
Answer: According to Grand Ayatollah Sistani, cat hair does not affect the prayers.
Animals
4Question: What is the Islamic law about cat hair found on your clothes during prayer?
Answer: Cat hair does not affect your prayer.
Now lately looking into the Q&A section it got some changes!
Question: What is your ruling about cat hair on a person's dress during salat?
Answer: If there is one cat hair or there are two or three hairs on a person's body or clothe, his prayer is in order but if there are more than that, his prayer becomes void, as an obligatory precaution.
Cat Hair
2Question: Can I keep a cat in my house?
Answer: There is no problem.
Animals
3Question: Does cat hair affect your prayers.
Answer: According to Grand Ayatollah Sistani, cat hair does not affect the prayers.
Now my question is what does this tell me now, cause it got me really confused when u look at question 1 and question 3, here. Is it now permissible to pray with cathair on your clothes or even on your prayer rugs or not. The problem is I am a follower of him and had persian cats over so many years. Now this is stated and obviously my cats didn't die. What shall I do? I will do whatever it takes to make my Salat being Inshallah accepted by Allah swt. but there must be something or an option without giving them away!
If you could help me I would remember you in my supplications!
Wa Salam
Seyed Ashkan "WalAsr"