What is the ruling on sequence (muwalat) between ablution and prayer for a woman who has performed ablution to make prayer permissible, and are minor actions such as closing the door, spreading the towel, and returning things to their places considered a break in the sequence?
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A person with a continuous ritual impurity ( da'im) performs ablution (wudu') after the time for prayer begins, and then prays with that ablution as many obligatory (fard) and supererogatory (nafl) prayers as he wishes until the time for prayer expires. There is no obligation to perform the ablution immediately before the prayer. The Malikis are of the view that continuous ritual impurity does not nullify ablution at all. As for the Shafi'is, they mandate performing ablution immediately before the prayer, unless the delay is for the benefit of the prayer, in which case it does no harm.
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