Is prayer valid when one wipes over henna after having a minor ritual impurity and performing ablution, by analogy with wiping over the khuff?
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The water in Wudu (ablution) must reach all parts of the skin and head. Thick henna prevents this, so it is not permissible to wipe over it. Wiping over a bag placed over it is even more impermissible. Therefore, what your mother did by wiping over the henna with a bag placed on it is incorrect, and she must make up the prayers she performed in this manner.
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