Is it permissible for a person afflicted with urinary incontinence ( سلس ) to suffice with performing ablution ( وضوء ) for each prayer, provided that he cleanses himself ( استنجى ) and takes precautionary measures ( تحفظ ) once, while combining the two prayers during the time of the second one using the same method? And what is the ruling regarding not taking precautionary measures for Hajj if the discharge is slight?
The person afflicted with سلس (urinary incontinence) is someone for whom the incontinence persists throughout the entire prayer time, such that they cannot find a moment long enough to perform the prayer with proper purification.
It is permissible for the person with سلس to combine prayers in a صورية (figurative) manner, and it is better for them to perform ablution at the beginning of each prayer time and go to the mosque to pray. Some scholars have permitted for them a حقيقية (actual) combination of prayers.
During Hajj, the person with سلس must take precautions like anyone else. If they are compelled to tie a cloth, they may do so, and there is no fidyah (expiatory payment) due from them, unless it harms them.
However, if the urine leakage is slight, such that they can find time to perform purification and prayer, then they must pray within that time.
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