What is the ruling on istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) after wudu' (the ablution for prayer)?
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The questioner : Is there a view, and how sound is this view, regarding the issue of istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) after washing the limbs outside?
The Shaykh : Regarding istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) after wudu' (the ablution for prayer), you mean this is a matter of scholarly disagreement: some scholars say that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is not valid before istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), and some scholars say that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is valid before istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself). This second view is more correct, that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is valid before one performs istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself). The issue can be visualized as follows: a person urinates, for example, before the time for prayer, and wipes himself with a stone in a manner that does not meet the full conditions, then when the time for prayer arrives, he performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer) without istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), for example, forgetting. If he prays in this wudu' (the ablution for prayer), his prayer is valid, and his forgetting of the impurity that remained after relieving himself is excused.
And according to the view of those who say that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is not valid before istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), we say: his prayer is not valid because his wudu' (the ablution for prayer) was not valid. So he must perform istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) anew, perform wudu' (the ablution for prayer) anew, and repeat the prayer anew.
The Shaykh : Regarding istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) after wudu' (the ablution for prayer), you mean this is a matter of scholarly disagreement: some scholars say that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is not valid before istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), and some scholars say that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is valid before istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself). This second view is more correct, that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is valid before one performs istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself). The issue can be visualized as follows: a person urinates, for example, before the time for prayer, and wipes himself with a stone in a manner that does not meet the full conditions, then when the time for prayer arrives, he performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer) without istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), for example, forgetting. If he prays in this wudu' (the ablution for prayer), his prayer is valid, and his forgetting of the impurity that remained after relieving himself is excused.
And according to the view of those who say that wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is not valid before istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), we say: his prayer is not valid because his wudu' (the ablution for prayer) was not valid. So he must perform istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) anew, perform wudu' (the ablution for prayer) anew, and repeat the prayer anew.