How does one perform ablution if one has a wound from which a small amount of blood flows, such as someone who suffers from facial acne, whether the blood flows before or during ablution, taking into account your fatwa number: 214162, which states that if the color of water changes due to blood, it does not purify the rest of the limb? Is this small amount of blood excused, even if it changes some of the water? If not, is it permissible to omit washing the face and perform tayammum instead?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If you have a wound, wash off the blood then perform ablution (wudu'). However, if the blood continues to flow from the wound and cannot be wiped away or covered with a bandage, then leave it and wash the healthy part of your face and the rest of the ablutionary organs.
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