Is there a relationship between the process of "salat" and "istibra" and the development of my incontinence, and what should I do about the drops that emerge after urinating?
Squeezing the penis is an innovation that may harm the person. What appears at the head of the penis may not be urine, but rather water from the effects of istinja’ (washing after urinating/defecating). You are not legally required to expel residual urine from the penis. If you force its expulsion, something else might take its place. Urine exits and stops naturally. Every time the penis is opened, urine comes out, but if left alone, it does not. The urine standing at the head of the urethra does not need to be expelled, by scholarly consensus. Some people imagine that urine is coming out due to satanic whisperings (waswasah). The cure for this is to stop squeezing the penis and suffice with washing the head of the penis after urinating. Do not pay attention to doubts unless you hear a sound or detect a smell. If you feel wetness after istinja’, sprinkle water on your private parts and trousers to cut off the waswasah. However, if urine truly continues to exit, then if there is a time when it stops before the prayer time expires, you must wait. But if its exit is continuous, then you are afflicted with urinary incontinence ( سلس البول), and you must refer to the fatwas related to the rulings on incontinence.
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