Is what was understood from the words of Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen – that one who suffers from urinary incontinence is not required to perform ablution for every prayer unless his ablution is invalidated by another nullifier, and that cleaning the affected area is not obligatory for every prayer – correct, and is adopting this opinion considered following impermissible dispensations?

Scholars have differed regarding the person afflicted with urinary incontinence ( سلس البول): whether he must perform ablution for each prayer after its time has begun, which is the view of the majority, or if the first ablution suffices as long as it is not nullified by another nullifier, which is the view of the Malikis. The questioner attributed the second view to Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen, and this indeed appears in his statements, where he mentioned that he used to hold that incontinence nullifies ablution and that ablution is not permissible until after the prayer time has begun. However, he recanted this view after reviewing the statements of scholars and their differing opinions, and he came to see that this view is more lenient for people. Although the website prefers the view of the majority because it is more cautious and absolves one's responsibility more, it does not restrict those who adopt the other view, provided their intention is not merely to seek out dispensations. As for cleaning the place of impurity, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen's aforementioned statement does not indicate that cleaning it is not obligatory; rather, it only addresses the issue of ablution being nullified.