What is the ruling on praying for many years, contenting oneself with wiping with dry tissues to cleanse pre-seminal fluid (madhy) and urine, and not performing ghusl or sprinkling water on clothes to avoid hardship and recurrent urinary incontinence? And is it permissible to act upon the Maliki view regarding the re-performance of prayer only within its prescribed time for one who prayed with impurity?
Pre-seminal fluid (madhy) is impure, and one must perform istinja' (cleansing) from it and wash whatever it touched of the private parts and clothes. It is not necessary to wash the entire penis and testicles merely because of its emission, nor is it necessary to wash more than what the pre-seminal fluid touched of clothing or body. The water that drips from washing the private parts is pure, and placing clothes on the bathroom floor does not render them impure unless they are placed on an impurity. Wiping with tissues after urination is sufficient if it did not spread much. If the urine is only on the tip of the penis, wiping with something that removes the impurity is sufficient, and water is not exclusively required. However, if it fell on the testicles or other areas, wiping is not sufficient; rather, washing with water is necessary. Whoever prayed while ignorant or forgetful of the impurity of pre-seminal fluid or urine is not required to repeat the prayer according to some scholars. The method of merely wiping the impurity of pre-seminal fluid or urine that falls on the testicles or other areas is not sufficient, and a Muslim must learn the rulings of removing impurities. One must not succumb to obsessive thoughts (waswas) and must lower the gaze from forbidden things.
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