The Prayer and Ritual Purity of a Woman Afflicted with Incontinence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman was struck by a stroke, may Allah protect us and you from it, which affected her left side. She wears a pad, but it is always wet with water. How should she pray? What is the ruling on ablution for her if she cannot control what comes out of her?
Answer:
Her state of ritual impurity is constant, for example, due to urinary incontinence. She performs ritual purity when she wants to pray. When she wants to pray, she performs ritual purity and prays immediately, even if something comes out of her. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16] Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman was struck by a stroke, may Allah protect us and you from it, which affected her left side. She wears a pad, but it is always wet with water. How should she pray? What is the ruling on ablution for her if she cannot control what comes out of her?
Answer:
Her state of ritual impurity is constant, for example, due to urinary incontinence. She performs ritual purity when she wants to pray. When she wants to pray, she performs ritual purity and prays immediately, even if something comes out of her. Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء فيمن يلازم بقعة بعينها من المسجد — islamhouse.com (53:36)
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