The Effect of a Discharge from the Elbow Resembling Pus on Ritual Purity
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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh! My mother is suffering from a disease in her elbow, and as a result of this disease, a fluid has started to flow from her elbow that is most like pus. Does this fluid, in your view… The questioner says: My mother is suffering from a disease in her elbow, and as a result of this disease, a fluid has started to flow from her elbow that is most like pus. Does this fluid affect her ritual purity, since it flows daily and reaches her clothes?
Answer:
This fluid is a discharge. If it is washed and cleaned, then it is from her clothes, and it falls under the category of istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), because there is scholarly disagreement regarding pus; some consider it ritually impure, while others do not. It does not harm her ritual purity if she purifies herself, it does not harm her if she purifies herself at the proper time, it does not harm her. She performs wudu' at the proper time, like the one with a chronic urinary discharge who performs wudu' at the proper time. When the time for 'Asr enters, he performs wudu'; for Maghrib, he performs wudu'; for 'Isha', he performs wudu'. This pus flowing from her elbow, its ruling is the ruling of other discharges.
But it is not of the same kind as the discharge from the private parts; it is easier. If she performs wudu' at every time, that is good. And if she washes what has been affected, that is good in terms of cleanliness. Otherwise, its matter is easier; it is not of the same kind as the discharge from the private parts; its matter is easier. Like the minor wounds that occur on a person's body, or light nosebleeds, or what occurs in a person's teeth; all of this is excused. But if it becomes excessive, then performing wudu' from it is a precaution, and washing it is a precaution.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh! My mother is suffering from a disease in her elbow, and as a result of this disease, a fluid has started to flow from her elbow that is most like pus. Does this fluid, in your view… The questioner says: My mother is suffering from a disease in her elbow, and as a result of this disease, a fluid has started to flow from her elbow that is most like pus. Does this fluid affect her ritual purity, since it flows daily and reaches her clothes?
Answer:
This fluid is a discharge. If it is washed and cleaned, then it is from her clothes, and it falls under the category of istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), because there is scholarly disagreement regarding pus; some consider it ritually impure, while others do not. It does not harm her ritual purity if she purifies herself, it does not harm her if she purifies herself at the proper time, it does not harm her. She performs wudu' at the proper time, like the one with a chronic urinary discharge who performs wudu' at the proper time. When the time for 'Asr enters, he performs wudu'; for Maghrib, he performs wudu'; for 'Isha', he performs wudu'. This pus flowing from her elbow, its ruling is the ruling of other discharges.
But it is not of the same kind as the discharge from the private parts; it is easier. If she performs wudu' at every time, that is good. And if she washes what has been affected, that is good in terms of cleanliness. Otherwise, its matter is easier; it is not of the same kind as the discharge from the private parts; its matter is easier. Like the minor wounds that occur on a person's body, or light nosebleeds, or what occurs in a person's teeth; all of this is excused. But if it becomes excessive, then performing wudu' from it is a precaution, and washing it is a precaution.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
وجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى — islamhouse.com (46:10)
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