Is wiping with a wet tissue and performing ablution instead of washing the private parts sufficient when there is a discharge, especially with the difficulty of washing for every prayer, and is it true that the female companions used to do that?
If the discharge is impure and was wiped with a wet tissue, then it must be washed with water. Had it not been wiped with a wet tissue, it would have been permissible to perform istijmar and suffice with it instead of water.
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