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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What does one do if he is afflicted with urinary incontinence?

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Question : This is urinary incontinence, where urine comes out continuously and a person cannot control it. So what does one do, this person who has been tested with this illness?

Answer : We say that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said in His Book:
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficultyوَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
[Al-Hajj 22:78]
So Allah has made the religion easy for you. And all praise is due to Allah.
And the way for this person to pray is that we tell him: when the time for prayer enters, wash your private parts and protect yourself, meaning put on a barrier that prevents the urine from leaking and spreading on your body and your clothes. Then perform wudu' for your prayer, and then pray whatever you wish, whether obligatory or voluntary. Until when? Until the time for the second prayer enters. That is, you continue praying even if the time passes, because there is no evidence that the passing of the time invalidates the wudu' of one whose state of impurity is continuous. There is no evidence. Yes, if the time for a temporary prayer enters, we say: when the time for the temporary prayer enters, perform wudu' for it, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
For the woman with irregular bleeding, perform wudu' for every prayer,للمستحاضة توضئي لكل صلاة،
As for the passing of the time, there is nothing in the Sunnah indicating that it invalidates the wudu'. However, some scholars say that if the time passes for one whose state of impurity is continuous, his wudu' is invalidated. I say: we tell this man to do this action. He did it: when the time entered, he washed his private parts. Pay attention, my son, he washed his private parts, protected himself, performed wudu', and prayed.
Is his prayer for himself valid or not? It is valid. And his prayer as a ma'mum behind an imam who is free from this illness? Yes, it is valid. And his prayer as an imam leading one afflicted with this illness? It is valid. How many scenarios is this? Three scenarios.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3212ماذا يفعل من أصيب بسلس البول؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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