Does ḥarqūs prevent water from reaching the skin?
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There is no harm for the one asking about this, because it is like henna, having only color and not preventing water from reaching the skin. Scholars have issued a fatwa that applying henna does not invalidate the ablution (wudu'), for henna does not have a substance that prevents water from reaching [the skin]; rather, it is only a color.
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