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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on a person suffering from urinary incontinence?

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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on a man from whom drops of urine come out without him being aware of it? What should he do? He notices them on his clothes when he enters the bathroom. If this is a case of obsessive thoughts (waswas) and has no reality,

Answer:
then it is of no harm. The Muslim should not pay attention to obsessive thoughts and illusions, for this opens a door of illusions that disrupts his religion. However, if it is a reality, and urine actually comes out of him, then if this urine is constant and he cannot hold it back, this means he is afflicted with incontinence. In this case, he performs wudu (ablution) when he intends to pray, performs wudu and prays immediately, and his prayer is valid. Even if urine comes out of him while he is praying, his prayer is valid, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are ableفَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
[At-Taghabun 64:16]
But if what he mentions comes to him at some times and is held back at others, then it is obligatory for him to renew his wudu, to perform istinja' (cleaning) anew, and to renew his wudu and pray with complete purity, if it is not constant but only occurs at some times.
As for the clothes, he washes what the urine has affected from them. He washes what the urine has affected from them, or from his body as well, if it affects the body. Yes, he washes it. He washes it from the clothes, even if he has incontinence, unless, for example, this becomes difficult for him, for example, if it is in his trousers or in what is near the private parts. In that case, he is excused due to the difficulty. As for the garment that is far from the place of need, if something affects it, he washes it. But what is around the private parts, and this is difficult for him, he is excused in that.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المريض بسلس البول؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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