The ruling on wudu' (ablution) when drops of urine are expelled
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I suffer from drops of urine, may Allah honor you, that come out of me and last for half an hour or an hour. This problem has been troubling me greatly and has led me into whispers (waswas), because when I want to pray, I go to the restrooms, may Allah honor you, before the prayer and relieve myself. Am I required to repeat my prayer?
Answer:
There is no doubt that if you are one hundred percent certain that urine has come out, your wudu' (ablution) is invalidated. So you go to the place of wudu', you clean yourself, you perform wudu', and you wash the part of your clothing that the urine touched; because this is a condition for the validity of the prayer. This is unless it is a permanent condition, meaning the urine keeps coming out and does not stop, like a person who has incontinence. In that case, he cleans himself, places something on his private part to prevent the urine from leaking, then he performs wudu' and prays immediately, even if urine comes out during the prayer, because he cannot do more than that. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16] As for if this is a matter of waswas (whispers of doubt), which is what the questioner referred to, if it is a matter of waswas, then he should ignore it, because certainty is not removed by doubt. So if he performs wudu', he becomes pure with certainty. If he then doubts whether something came out of him, he does not pay attention to it, because doubt does not affect certainty. Wudu' is not invalidated except by certainty regarding the invalidating factor. Yes.
And may Allah bless you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I suffer from drops of urine, may Allah honor you, that come out of me and last for half an hour or an hour. This problem has been troubling me greatly and has led me into whispers (waswas), because when I want to pray, I go to the restrooms, may Allah honor you, before the prayer and relieve myself. Am I required to repeat my prayer?
Answer:
There is no doubt that if you are one hundred percent certain that urine has come out, your wudu' (ablution) is invalidated. So you go to the place of wudu', you clean yourself, you perform wudu', and you wash the part of your clothing that the urine touched; because this is a condition for the validity of the prayer. This is unless it is a permanent condition, meaning the urine keeps coming out and does not stop, like a person who has incontinence. In that case, he cleans himself, places something on his private part to prevent the urine from leaking, then he performs wudu' and prays immediately, even if urine comes out during the prayer, because he cannot do more than that. Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/182 — archive.org (3:25)
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