Wudu
1,262 questions
Is the passing of drops of urine two hours after urinating, accompanied by movement, considered urinary incontinence?
Why was Ibn Taymiyyah called "Shaykh of Wudu' (Ablution)"?
Is it permissible for a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy to use nail polish, knowing that nail polish invalidates the ablution (wudu'), and is this considered a necessity?
What should I do when I doubt whether madhy (prostatic fluid) has exited, and sometimes I find a dry spot or trace, and sometimes I find nothing? And is it permissible for me to use tissues for istijmar (cleaning oneself after urinating or defecating) when water is available?
Is what comes out of a woman a week after purification madhy (pre-seminal fluid) or normal discharge, and should she measure the discharge of madhy in her case by normal situations and only wash what she is certain is madhy?
Does a doctor's touching a patient's abdomen without gloves invalidate ablution, and does a vaginal examination with gloves also invalidate ablution, and what is the ruling on praying in surgical scrubs that may have been exposed to blood or amniotic fluid without confirming it?
Does the emission of wind from a woman's vagina nullify ablution, and how can one differentiate it from other sensations?
How can I pray if the time for prayer has come and I am not in a state of ritual purity (Wudu'), and I am confined to a closed room?
Does exceeding one minute in washing the face to ensure water reaches the entire face invalidate continuous performance (al-Mawalah)?
Is it permissible for a person suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to perform ablution before the time for the Asr prayer begins, in order to perform the prayer, knowing that she leaves the house before the prayer time and fears missing it?
Does continuous gurgling from the stomach nullify Wudu'?
Should a left-handed child who starts with the left (hand/side) in Wudu be prevented from continuing this method after growing up?
Must I repeat the prayers after touching the vulva when applying cream, without knowing that this nullifies ablution, and how can I repeat them if I do not know their number?
Is it necessary to verify the emission of madhy (pre-seminal fluid) after every arousal or thought about one’s fiancée, and what are the signs of madhy emission? Is a person considered ritually pure as long as they do not feel its emission? Is the prayer valid without verification? Should the prayer be repeated if madhy is discovered after the prayer? What is the ruling on daily inspection of underwear for traces of maniy (seminal fluid)? Is it a condition to feel the gush to rule that a spot is maniy?
What is the ruling on the ablution (wudu') of one who works with shoes, and adhesive materials stick to his fingers that he cannot remove with water?
Does washing a limb more than the prescribed number of times – in order to ensure water reaches it and to clean it – invalidate the ablution?
Is it obligatory for a person afflicted with urinary incontinence to perform ablution for every prayer after its time has begun, or is it permissible for him to perform ablution before its time has begun, and is one ablution sufficient for him for missed make-up prayers, or is it necessary for him to perform ablution for each one of them?
Is the ruling that the white fluid that exits with stool, which has no smell of semen, does not exit in gushes, and is not followed by fatigue, is Wadi (prostatic fluid), correct?
Is what a 23-year-old girl experiences—the emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhy) merely upon feeling aroused, hearing words of love, or seeing something that excites her—an obsessive-compulsive disorder or a reality? And does she need to change her clothes and repeat her ablution every time?
Is it permissible for a man's ablution not to be nullified by touching his wife's hand, while his wife's ablution is nullified by touching her husband's hand, as is practiced in the Hanafi school of thought?
Is the wetness that comes out after bathing and ablution nullifying to ablution, or is it merely drops of water from bathing?
What is the duration one must wait after urinating to ensure the cessation of prostatic fluid before performing ablution (wudu')?
Must one repeat the prayer if a small amount of madhy is found after finishing it?
What is the Shar'i ruling regarding the white, viscous discharge that is released repeatedly and involuntarily during prayer, reading the Qur'an, or while commuting, and what should be done about it?