What is the ruling on one who places a handkerchief over the penis after finishing urination and then prays, when there may be impurity on it?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner says: After I finish urinating, I feel a sensation of something coming out when I move, stand up, or sit down. I tried to ignore it, but I confirmed that it is real, because when I feel it, I check and find that it is truly there. After that, I started placing a handkerchief over the penis after finishing urination, but sometimes I forget this handkerchief, perform wudu, and go to pray. Is there anything required of me, given that the handkerchief may contain impurity?
Answer:
Perhaps this is all waswas (whispers of Satan). However, first, when you urinate, you must be careful to ensure that the urine is completely expelled and nothing remains in the penis. You must be careful to purify yourself from the urine, then perform istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) and wudu.
So if you are careful and do not rush into wudu until the urine has completely stopped and you have performed istinja' or istijmar (cleaning with dry material) afterwards, then nothing of this will happen to you, because you took the precaution from the beginning. But if you rush, this thing may happen to you because you rushed before the urine stopped. So you must avoid rushing when urinating; do not perform wudu until the urine stops and the penis dries, even if you delay a little, as long as it does not reach the level of waswas. As for the issue of you finding something: if you find something and are certain of it, then there is no doubt that it is obligatory for you to perform wudu, it is obligatory for you to perform istinja', and it is obligatory for you to perform wudu anew. But beware of waswas, for Satan makes you imagine that something has come out of you and that something has happened to you, in order to spoil your worship and make it difficult for you. Beware of waswas, and be careful to stop the urine before wudu, and what you are experiencing will go away, if Allah wills. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner says: After I finish urinating, I feel a sensation of something coming out when I move, stand up, or sit down. I tried to ignore it, but I confirmed that it is real, because when I feel it, I check and find that it is truly there. After that, I started placing a handkerchief over the penis after finishing urination, but sometimes I forget this handkerchief, perform wudu, and go to pray. Is there anything required of me, given that the handkerchief may contain impurity?
Answer:
Perhaps this is all waswas (whispers of Satan). However, first, when you urinate, you must be careful to ensure that the urine is completely expelled and nothing remains in the penis. You must be careful to purify yourself from the urine, then perform istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) and wudu.
So if you are careful and do not rush into wudu until the urine has completely stopped and you have performed istinja' or istijmar (cleaning with dry material) afterwards, then nothing of this will happen to you, because you took the precaution from the beginning. But if you rush, this thing may happen to you because you rushed before the urine stopped. So you must avoid rushing when urinating; do not perform wudu until the urine stops and the penis dries, even if you delay a little, as long as it does not reach the level of waswas. As for the issue of you finding something: if you find something and are certain of it, then there is no doubt that it is obligatory for you to perform wudu, it is obligatory for you to perform istinja', and it is obligatory for you to perform wudu anew. But beware of waswas, for Satan makes you imagine that something has come out of you and that something has happened to you, in order to spoil your worship and make it difficult for you. Beware of waswas, and be careful to stop the urine before wudu, and what you are experiencing will go away, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من يضع منديلاً على الذكر بعد الفراغ من البول ويصلي وقد يكون فيه نجاسة فما الحكم؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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