What is the ruling on the prayer of one who doubts whether he performed wudu' or not?
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The questioner:
He says: I entered the restroom to perform wudu', and I came out, then I prayed Maghrib. After the prayer, I had a doubt: did I perform wudu' or not? What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
If you were in a state of ritual impurity without wudu' and you doubt whether you performed wudu' or not, the default is that you did not perform wudu'. If you doubt after breaking your wudu', doubting whether you performed wudu' or not, the default is that you did not perform wudu'. You build upon the default, perform wudu', and it is not permissible for you to pray until you have performed wudu'. Yes.
The questioner:
A date.
The Shaykh:
If you were in a state of ritual purity and you doubt whether your wudu' was broken, the default is that the purity remains until you are certain that the wudu' was broken, because certainty is not removed by doubt. Yes.
He says: I entered the restroom to perform wudu', and I came out, then I prayed Maghrib. After the prayer, I had a doubt: did I perform wudu' or not? What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
If you were in a state of ritual impurity without wudu' and you doubt whether you performed wudu' or not, the default is that you did not perform wudu'. If you doubt after breaking your wudu', doubting whether you performed wudu' or not, the default is that you did not perform wudu'. You build upon the default, perform wudu', and it is not permissible for you to pray until you have performed wudu'. Yes.
The questioner:
A date.
The Shaykh:
If you were in a state of ritual purity and you doubt whether your wudu' was broken, the default is that the purity remains until you are certain that the wudu' was broken, because certainty is not removed by doubt. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلاة مَن شك هل توضأ أم لا؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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