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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Repeating wudu' more than once, and sometimes breaking the prayer to go perform wudu': how do you interpret this, and how is it treated according to the Shari'ah?

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Question:
He says: I inform you that for three months I have been experiencing a doubt that resembles certainty, in that I repeat wudu' more than once, and sometimes I break the prayer and go to perform wudu'. How do you interpret this? And how is it treated according to the Shari'ah? May Allah reward you with good and do you good.

Answer:
What you mentioned is waswas (whispers of Shaytan), and it is not permissible for a person to break the prayer and leave it unless he is certain that a nullifier of wudu' has occurred, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
When he was asked about the man who feels something in his belly and does not know if something has come out of him or not?لما سئل عن الرجل يجد في بطنه الشيء فلا يدري أخرج منه شيء أو لا؟
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He does not turn away untilلا ينصرف حتى
he hears a sound or perceives a smellيسمع صوتا أو يجد ريحا
Sunan Abi Dawud 176Sahih (Al-Albani)
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set a limit for this, which is certainty that the state of ritual impurity has occurred, because purity was established by certainty, so it does not cease except by certainty. Certainty is not removed by doubt, as the scholars say. This is a great scholarly principle that removes these difficulties and these whispers. So if you perform a complete wudu' in the prescribed manner, your state of ritual impurity is lifted, and you may pray with this wudu' as long as it remains, and it is not nullified except by certainty that a nullifier, or nullifiers, have occurred. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أعيد الوضوء أكثر من مرة، وأحيانا أقطع الصلاة، وأذهب لأتوضأ، بماذا تفسرون هذا، وكيف يتم علاجه شرعا؟ — youtube.com

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