What is the ruling on wiping over a cast or a bandage?
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The questioner : The question is about wiping over.
The Shaykh : A cast.
The questioner : A cast or something similar to it.
The Shaykh : As far as I know, no authentic hadith has been established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding wiping over a cast or a bandage. Consequently, the principles of Islamic jurisprudence require that the person who has a bandage on his finger, as mentioned in the question, must perform a complete ablution. Regarding the place where the bandage is, he is not obligated to wipe over it, because the hadith is not authentic, as we mentioned. Rather, there is a scope for precaution, not obligation, to say: he should perform dry ablution (tayammum) for this place only. The basis for this is likely the hadith of 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had a wet dream on a very cold night. He performed dry ablution and led the people in prayer while in a state of major ritual impurity. It can be said: he prayed while in a state of major ritual impurity. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, he sent for him and asked him about it. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I had a wet dream on a very cold night, and I feared harm to myself from the cold, so I performed dry ablution." He mentioned a verse in the Qur'an:[An-Nisa 4:29]. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) laughed. There is no doubt that his (peace be upon him) laughter was an approval of what 'Amr ibn al-'As did. This hadith came with a sound chain of narration, but in a narration in "Sahih Ibn Hibban," it is stated that in addition to performing dry ablution, he washed his private parts and performed ablution. If this narration were authentic, it would be obligatory to say that a person must combine dry ablution for major ritual impurity with washing his private parts, as long as he is unable to pour water over his body. Similarly, it can be said by analogy to this: that the one whose finger is injured should perform dry ablution for the place he was unable to wash during ablution. However, what prevents us from being definitive and certain about this is that the addition in "Sahih Ibn Hibban" has weakness in its chain of narration. Therefore, there is no harm in saying this as a precaution, and based on his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam). Otherwise, it is sufficient for him to perform ablution...
The questioner : And wipe over?
The Shaykh : Wiping is not authentic.
The questioner : The hadith:.
The Shaykh : It is this one we are referring to.
The questioner : He did not wash... and he wiped over a bandage on his body.
The Shaykh : Yes, wiping over a bandage is weak. Perhaps our brothers will mention that this hadith came as a report missing the Companion link with a sound chain, and as a connected report with a weak chain. The connected weak one includes wiping over a bandage, while the report missing the Companion link does not include wiping over a bandage. Therefore, the only authentic part of the hadith is his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:.
The questioner : ... this hadith?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Otherwise, the entire story is not authentic.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : A cast.
The questioner : A cast or something similar to it.
The Shaykh : As far as I know, no authentic hadith has been established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding wiping over a cast or a bandage. Consequently, the principles of Islamic jurisprudence require that the person who has a bandage on his finger, as mentioned in the question, must perform a complete ablution. Regarding the place where the bandage is, he is not obligated to wipe over it, because the hadith is not authentic, as we mentioned. Rather, there is a scope for precaution, not obligation, to say: he should perform dry ablution (tayammum) for this place only. The basis for this is likely the hadith of 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had a wet dream on a very cold night. He performed dry ablution and led the people in prayer while in a state of major ritual impurity. It can be said: he prayed while in a state of major ritual impurity. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, he sent for him and asked him about it. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I had a wet dream on a very cold night, and I feared harm to myself from the cold, so I performed dry ablution." He mentioned a verse in the Qur'an:
Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًاLeave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دَعْ ما يُريبُك إلى ما لا يُريبكThe questioner : And wipe over?
The Shaykh : Wiping is not authentic.
The questioner : The hadith:
They killed him, may Allah kill them.
قتلوه قتلهم اللهThe Shaykh : It is this one we are referring to.
The questioner : He did not wash... and he wiped over a bandage on his body.
The Shaykh : Yes, wiping over a bandage is weak. Perhaps our brothers will mention that this hadith came as a report missing the Companion link with a sound chain, and as a connected report with a weak chain. The connected weak one includes wiping over a bandage, while the report missing the Companion link does not include wiping over a bandage. Therefore, the only authentic part of the hadith is his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:
They killed him, may Allah kill the one who killed him; did they not ask when they were ignorant? Indeed, the cure for ignorance is asking.
قتلوه قاتلهم الله ؛ أَلَا سألوا حينما جهلوا ؛ فإنما شفاء العيِّ السؤالThe questioner : ... this hadith?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Otherwise, the entire story is not authentic.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
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