Do the secretions that come out of a woman invalidate the ablution, especially if they come out after the ablution?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. A questioner asks: Do the secretions that come out of a woman invalidate the ablution, especially if they come out after the ablution?
The Shaykh : Yes, the secretions that come out of a woman, if they appear on the outside, invalidate the ablution. This is what has reached our knowledge, and we have not found any scholar who said that they do not invalidate the ablution except Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him), and his predecessors did not mention this for him. The truth is that this is one of the problematic issues, both theoretically and practically. Theoretically, we know that these secretions that come out of our women today are the same secretions that came out of the women of the Companions, since the creation is one. Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) order these women to perform ablution for every prayer? We have not known this to be reported except in the case of the woman with irregular bleeding. This is part of the theoretical difficulty.
As for the practical difficulty, it is because if we obligated a woman to perform ablution for every prayer whenever this fluid comes out of her, that would be a hardship, especially for the women who come to the Sacred Mosque or other mosques who arrive before the call to the night prayer to pray the night prayer or stand in night prayer. Then we would say that when the call to the night prayer is made, she must leave and perform ablution for the night prayer. In my view, the issue is problematic from the theoretical side and from the practical side as well, due to the hardship. However, I have not yet reached a piece of evidence indicating that this does not invalidate the ablution. Rather, the evidence now is that this invalidates the ablution, and if it is continuous with the woman, its ruling is the ruling of incontinence. That is, the woman does not perform ablution for prayer except after the time for it has entered, and she should be patient and seek reward.
Another question: Is this discharge pure, such that it does not require washing, and does it require cleaning oneself after relieving oneself?
Answer: Yes, it is pure, it does not require washing, nor does it require washing the clothes from it, nor cleaning oneself from it. Rather, if it happens to a woman, she performs ablution without washing the place where the discharge came out. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the secretions that come out of a woman, if they appear on the outside, invalidate the ablution. This is what has reached our knowledge, and we have not found any scholar who said that they do not invalidate the ablution except Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him), and his predecessors did not mention this for him. The truth is that this is one of the problematic issues, both theoretically and practically. Theoretically, we know that these secretions that come out of our women today are the same secretions that came out of the women of the Companions, since the creation is one. Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) order these women to perform ablution for every prayer? We have not known this to be reported except in the case of the woman with irregular bleeding. This is part of the theoretical difficulty.
As for the practical difficulty, it is because if we obligated a woman to perform ablution for every prayer whenever this fluid comes out of her, that would be a hardship, especially for the women who come to the Sacred Mosque or other mosques who arrive before the call to the night prayer to pray the night prayer or stand in night prayer. Then we would say that when the call to the night prayer is made, she must leave and perform ablution for the night prayer. In my view, the issue is problematic from the theoretical side and from the practical side as well, due to the hardship. However, I have not yet reached a piece of evidence indicating that this does not invalidate the ablution. Rather, the evidence now is that this invalidates the ablution, and if it is continuous with the woman, its ruling is the ruling of incontinence. That is, the woman does not perform ablution for prayer except after the time for it has entered, and she should be patient and seek reward.
Another question: Is this discharge pure, such that it does not require washing, and does it require cleaning oneself after relieving oneself?
Answer: Yes, it is pure, it does not require washing, nor does it require washing the clothes from it, nor cleaning oneself from it. Rather, if it happens to a woman, she performs ablution without washing the place where the discharge came out. Yes.