Wudu

• What is the ruling on using a cloth barrier after purification to maintain Wudu' and pray several fardh prayers with it for someone afflicted with fecal incontinence due to hemorrhoids and an inability to completely evacuate their bowels? And is prayer valid with this barrier?
• Is washing the hands more than once and in different ways during Wudu considered one wash or multiple washes, and is the Wudu valid with that, and is it permissible to continue doing this?
• What is your advice to me for overcoming the extreme drowsiness that overtakes me when I read the Qur’an, to the point that I cannot open my eyes, even if I am fasting?
• Is the clear, shiny discharge that comes out after Istinja’ from urine and Wadiyy impure? Does one have to purify oneself from it? What is its cause, and how should it be dealt with, Islamically and hygienically?
• What is the ruling on a husband having sexual intercourse with his wife in a room containing a copy of the Qur’an, and is this considered a degradation of the Qur’an if no other room is available?
• What is the ruling on the prayer of one who suffers from the semi-daily and irregular discharge of fluids due to colon issues, and one who hears sounds in his stomach resembling flatulence but is certain they are not flatulence, and one from whom fluid is discharged from the penis upon movement or erection, knowing that he cannot determine the time of their discharge, and he is keen to guard against them by wearing special clothing for prayer?
• What is the solution to the problem of urine dripping after urination, which causes one to miss the time for Maghrib prayer or to delay other prayers (Asr and Isha) while at the university?
• What is to be done to perform prayer in a state of frequent urination, and repeated standing and sitting for urination?
• Must one repeat the prayers that were performed with an ablution in which the palms were washed at the beginning, then the forearms from the wrist to the elbow, without pouring water on the ankles when washing the feet, due to ignorance of the ruling?
• Is it obligatory to repeat the ablution if a clear liquid is found in the nose after ablution, and it is not known whether it came out before or after washing the face?
• Is one ablution sufficient for ritual purification from wadi and the discharge of fluid from the male organ, and for prayer, while delaying the ablution until the time of prayer after having performed istinja' from the wadi?
• What is the ruling on one who experiences yellow discharge after defecating and wishes to leave before the prayer time, not knowing when this discharge will stop? Should he wait until the end of the prayer time, or should he insert a cotton swab and pray? And if he leaves out of necessity and returns after the prayer time has ended and the discharge has stopped, is he required to repeat the prayer?
• Does the obsessive-compulsive disorder you suffer from regarding prayer, the number of rak'ahs, tasbihs, ablution (wudu), urinary incontinence, and discharge, necessitate repeating actions or adding to them? What is the meaning of "certainty" (yaqin) in the context of OCD? Is she required to purify herself (taharah) and perform ablution after the time for prayer has begun, despite the hardship involved? And what is the way to ensure the purity of clothes?
• Does involuntary transparent, viscous discharge invalidate Hajj if it occurs without lustful thoughts?
• Is ablution (wudu') required when air exits the anus without an odor, and it is not thought to be wind like the known wind, due to a previous operation for an anal and coccygeal fistula?
• How can the jurists’ saying that the basic principle in acts of worship is devotion (ta‘abbud) and not to consider their meanings be reconciled with the fact that the majority mention apparent reasons (ilal) for most acts of worship and their details? Is the point of reconciliation that what the scholars intend is merely to prevent the application of analogy (qiyas) to them, while still holding that their meanings are intelligible? And is what I have concluded regarding the example of wudu’ (ablution)—of affirming wisdom while preventing analogy—correct?
• Is it permissible for my grandmother to perform ablution (wudu') without wiping her ears, given the difficulty of removing and reinserting the hearing aids she wears?
• What is the ruling on doubting having washed certain parts of wudu', and what is the ruling on passing wind during prayer, and is it permissible to intentionally pass wind during prayer, and what is the ruling on doubting between being afflicted by obsessive doubt (waswas) or not, and is it permissible to turn on the water source for istinja' and then turn it off, and what is the ruling on wiping the chin with water remaining from washing the face, and what is the ruling on doubting whether water reached around the nose when sniffing water into it (istinshaq)?
• Is it permissible to suffice with ablution (wudu') only for each prayer, without washing the area or changing the undergarments soiled with intermittent vaginal discharge? Is it permissible to pray with the previous ablution when it's not possible to change clothes or perform ablution outside the home, or to delay the prayer until returning home? Is it necessary to verify the dryness of the undergarments before each prayer?
• What is the Sunnah regarding the manner of washing the feet during ablution (wudu)?
• Is it permissible to wash the hands after ablution without the intention of increasing the ablution?
• What is the criterion for what prevents water from reaching the skin, and are substances such as blood, pus, discharge, beverages, and mucus, in addition to rubbed earwax and solidified fats on the skin, considered to prevent water from reaching it?
• Does the emission of a very small amount of liquid, not reaching a drop, after performing Istinja' necessitate repeating Istinja' and Wudu', and does it affect the purity of clothes?
• Is it permissible to recite Surat Al-Kahf on Friday without Wudu, and does it entail reward?