Back to search
The question

Does a woman emit madhy (pre-seminal fluid)? If so, is what exits from her ritually impure, necessitating istinja' (washing the private parts) and nadeh (sprinkling water) from it, as is the case for a man, despite the difference in the exit point of the madhy? And can a woman's discharges be pure and at the same time invalidate ablution?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

A Muslim must submit to the judgment of Allah Almighty, for reason follows revelation. It is also necessary to recognize the stature of scholars and to think well of them. Islamic law is based on ease, but this does not mean it is free from hardship, as religious obligations are within the capacity of those accountable. Female madhy (pre-seminal fluid) is definitively impure, and there is no difficulty in purifying it. The ruling on whether substances are pure or impure is determined by the Sacred Law, and the impurity of madhy has been established. The vaginal discharges of women invalidate ablution according to the general consensus of scholars, and the concession for a woman constantly afflicted by them is to perform ablution after the entry of the prayer time. There is no correlation between the rulings of the Sacred Law and obsessive doubts (waswasah), for the person afflicted with waswasah is affected by their own self, and they must ignore these doubts. What scholars have agreed upon is not permissible to deviate from, and regarding matters in which they differ, a Muslim should follow someone they trust.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · imported

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
144001
Imported
Translation status
Source text, unreviewed
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy