Is frequent urination, passing wind, and the presence of urine droplets on clothes considered سلس (incontinence), and is it permissible to suppress these nullifiers, or is it obligatory to perform ablution for every prayer? Do these matters (defecation, passing wind, urination, sleep) nullify ablution or not? What should be done concerning the Qur’an if there is a decision not to touch the Mus'haf except in a state of purity, and is this decision considered a vow?
" سلس" ( سلس ) refers to the continuous discharge of impurities, making it impossible to perform prayer with a valid state of ritual purity (tahara). However, someone who can maintain ritual purity is not considered to have "sals."
A person afflicted with "sals" performs ablution (wudu') after the prayer time has begun and then prays the obligatory (fard) and voluntary (nawafil) prayers. In contrast, someone not afflicted with "sals" prays with valid ritual purity within the designated time.
Frequent need to relieve oneself does not constitute "sals." Urine must be washed from clothing, and purification (istibra') and ablution are required.
It is disliked to suppress the urges to pass wind or relieve oneself (habs al-nawāqid). However, if there is a concern that the prayer time will expire, one should pray in their current state.
It is not permissible to touch the Mus'haf (the physical copy of the Qur'an) except for someone in a state of ablution. A person with "sals," if they perform ablution after the prayer time has begun, may touch the Mus'haf until the prayer time expires or they experience another ritual impurity.
One can recite the Qur'an without directly touching the Mus'haf by holding it through a barrier, turning pages with a pen, or reciting from books of exegesis (tafsir).
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