Is it permissible for a woman suffering from urinary incontinence to wear a diaper and perform ablution for every prayer, and is she required to change the diaper before every prayer?
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It is prescribed for a woman afflicted with urinary incontinence to wear a diaper and perform ablution for each prayer. She is not required to re-tighten and re-bandage with every ablution, according to many scholars, if she did not neglect the initial bandaging.
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