Does painting the nails with nail polish affect the wudu'?
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Question:
Does painting the nails with nail polish affect the face?
Answer:
Yes, painting the nails with something that solidifies on the nails and has a thickness that prevents water from reaching what is underneath invalidates the wudu', because the wudu' must be applied to the limbs, reach them, and flow over them. In this case, the water flows over the solidified paint itself and does not reach what is beneath it, so the wudu' is incomplete and invalid. However, if these paints have no substance and do not solidify, they do not prevent the validity of the wudu'.
Does painting the nails with nail polish affect the face?
Answer:
Yes, painting the nails with something that solidifies on the nails and has a thickness that prevents water from reaching what is underneath invalidates the wudu', because the wudu' must be applied to the limbs, reach them, and flow over them. In this case, the water flows over the solidified paint itself and does not reach what is beneath it, so the wudu' is incomplete and invalid. However, if these paints have no substance and do not solidify, they do not prevent the validity of the wudu'.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل طلاء الأظافر بالمناكير يؤثر ذلك على الوضوء؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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