Can a woman pray more than one prayer with a single ablution? It has been reported from you that the fluid coming from a woman’s private parts invalidates the ablution.
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The questioner : A female questioner says: O honorable Shaykh, can a woman pray more than one time with a single ablution? We have heard that a woman’s prayer is not valid if she prays more than one prayer with the same ablution, and that a woman cannot remain in a state of purity. We have found some young women performing ablution for every prayer and criticizing those who pray another prayer with the same ablution, due to what was reported from your eminence that the fluid coming from a woman’s private parts invalidates the ablution. I ask you to elaborate on the matter, as there is widespread hardship in this, many questions are raised, and women do not distinguish between the cases, based on what was reported from you. May Allah benefit you.
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the woman, she is like the man in that she may pray two or more prayers with a single ablution, as long as her ablution has not been invalidated. This is provided she is not one of the women from whom the fluid constantly comes out.
If she is one of the women from whom the fluid constantly comes out, then she must perform ablution for the time of each prayer, not for each prayer. This means she does not perform ablution for the Fajr prayer until the time has entered, and she does not perform ablution for the Zuhr prayer until the time has entered. However, if she performs ablution with the intention of praying as many voluntary prayers as she wishes until the time for 'Asr enters, and then performs ablution again, that is permissible. This is because the ruling for this continuous discharge is the same as the ruling for urinary incontinence and the ruling for the blood of a woman with irregular bleeding. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) ordered the woman with irregular bleeding to perform the full ritual bath for the time of each prayer. But for this woman who is afflicted with this discharge, we say there is no harm in combining the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, to remove the hardship from her.
There remains another question that may branch off from this, which is whether this discharge is impure or pure. The answer is that it is pure. This is because it appears from the women of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) that they did not wash this discharge. Also, if we were to say it is impure, it would cause great hardship for women, as this view would require them to constantly wash their clothes or to reserve a specific garment for prayer, which involves hardship.
In summary: the woman from whom nothing comes out has the same ruling as the man, in that she may pray as many prayers as she wishes with a single ablution.
The woman from whom this constant discharge comes out does not perform ablution for prayer until the time for that prayer has entered.
As for this discharge, it is pure; it does not make the clothes impure, nor does it make the body impure. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the woman, she is like the man in that she may pray two or more prayers with a single ablution, as long as her ablution has not been invalidated. This is provided she is not one of the women from whom the fluid constantly comes out.
If she is one of the women from whom the fluid constantly comes out, then she must perform ablution for the time of each prayer, not for each prayer. This means she does not perform ablution for the Fajr prayer until the time has entered, and she does not perform ablution for the Zuhr prayer until the time has entered. However, if she performs ablution with the intention of praying as many voluntary prayers as she wishes until the time for 'Asr enters, and then performs ablution again, that is permissible. This is because the ruling for this continuous discharge is the same as the ruling for urinary incontinence and the ruling for the blood of a woman with irregular bleeding. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) ordered the woman with irregular bleeding to perform the full ritual bath for the time of each prayer. But for this woman who is afflicted with this discharge, we say there is no harm in combining the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers, to remove the hardship from her.
There remains another question that may branch off from this, which is whether this discharge is impure or pure. The answer is that it is pure. This is because it appears from the women of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) that they did not wash this discharge. Also, if we were to say it is impure, it would cause great hardship for women, as this view would require them to constantly wash their clothes or to reserve a specific garment for prayer, which involves hardship.
In summary: the woman from whom nothing comes out has the same ruling as the man, in that she may pray as many prayers as she wishes with a single ablution.
The woman from whom this constant discharge comes out does not perform ablution for prayer until the time for that prayer has entered.
As for this discharge, it is pure; it does not make the clothes impure, nor does it make the body impure. Yes.