A girl underwent a surgical operation, and the doctor prohibited water from touching the wound. How does she perform the full ritual bath for menstruation?
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The questioner:
The questioner, a woman from Dammam, says: I am a girl who was injured in my hand near the shoulder and underwent a surgical operation. The doctor prohibited me from taking a bath afterward so that the wound would not develop gangrene. However, after a period, my menstruation ended, and I wanted to take a bath, but I was confused about my situation. What should I do? Do I wash my body except for this area? Because I learned that ritual purity is not achieved unless all parts are washed, knowing that keeping water away from this place is difficult.
The Shaykh:
If a person has a wound or a fracture in one of his body parts, and that area is harmed by water, he does not wash it. He keeps water away from it and washes the rest of the body. He washes the healthy parts and avoids the injured part. If there is a bandage or dressing on the injured area, he wipes over it, and that suffices for washing what is underneath. If there is nothing on it, he performs dry ablution with clean earth after he finishes the full ritual bath or the ablution for prayer when he wants to pray, and that suffices, if Allah wills. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it not permissible for him to combine dry ablution with wiping?
The Shaykh:
No, if he wipes, that suffices.
The questioner, a woman from Dammam, says: I am a girl who was injured in my hand near the shoulder and underwent a surgical operation. The doctor prohibited me from taking a bath afterward so that the wound would not develop gangrene. However, after a period, my menstruation ended, and I wanted to take a bath, but I was confused about my situation. What should I do? Do I wash my body except for this area? Because I learned that ritual purity is not achieved unless all parts are washed, knowing that keeping water away from this place is difficult.
The Shaykh:
If a person has a wound or a fracture in one of his body parts, and that area is harmed by water, he does not wash it. He keeps water away from it and washes the rest of the body. He washes the healthy parts and avoids the injured part. If there is a bandage or dressing on the injured area, he wipes over it, and that suffices for washing what is underneath. If there is nothing on it, he performs dry ablution with clean earth after he finishes the full ritual bath or the ablution for prayer when he wants to pray, and that suffices, if Allah wills. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it not permissible for him to combine dry ablution with wiping?
The Shaykh:
No, if he wipes, that suffices.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، فتاة أجريت لها عملية جراحية، ومنع الطبيب أن يمس الماء الجرح، فكيف تغتسل من الحيض؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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