Does blood coming out of wounds invalidate the ablution?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah.
Your Eminence, does blood coming out through the nose or a wound in the body invalidate the ablution?
The Shaykh : No, nothing that comes out of the body invalidates the ablution except urine and feces. Blood, vomit, pus, and what women call the discharge that flows from the private part, the woman’s private part, constantly, to the extent that some scholars said that incontinence of urine does not invalidate the ablution either. If a person purifies himself for the first time, his ablution does not become invalid unless he experiences another state of ritual impurity. They reasoned this by saying that he does not benefit from the ablution since the state of impurity is constant, so there is no benefit in the ablution. Yes, if his ablution is invalidated by passing wind, for example, and he has incontinence of urine, then he must perform the ablution. And this opinion is not far from the truth. I initially thought that it invalidates the ablution and that it is not permissible for a person to perform the ablution for prayer except after the time for it has entered. But after I reviewed the words of the scholars and their disagreement, and the strength of the reasoning of those who reasoned that this ablution has no benefit since the state of impurity is constant, I retracted my first opinion. And this opinion is undoubtedly more lenient for people, especially for women from whom this constant discharge comes, especially on the days of Hajj and 'Umrah when a woman goes, for example, to the mosque after Maghrib and prays until 'Isha'. If we say that the ablution is invalidated and that she must renew the ablution after the time enters, this becomes a great hardship, especially on days of crowding and days of... something that is a hardship for the Muslims. And the evidence for it is not clear. It is not befitting for a person, and Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] and He said: [Al-Hajj 22:78] And it also appears that what affects our women today is what affected the women of the past, and it has not reached us that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the women to perform the ablution for the time of every prayer. The most that is there is the woman with irregular bleeding, and there is disagreement on this. Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) indicated that his saying: did not become authentic, and therefore he deliberately omitted it from the hadith. The important thing is that the customary thing does not invalidate except urine and feces only, and wind, because the hadith is established with it.
The questioner : The exit of the foul impure thing, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : It does not invalidate.
The questioner : What is meant by it?
The Shaykh : The foul impure thing: blood and vomit. And the correct view is that a person’s blood and his vomit are pure, because there is no evidence for impurity, whether much or little. As long as there is no evidence, the original state is purity. Yes. From here, from here, this row.
Your Eminence, does blood coming out through the nose or a wound in the body invalidate the ablution?
The Shaykh : No, nothing that comes out of the body invalidates the ablution except urine and feces. Blood, vomit, pus, and what women call the discharge that flows from the private part, the woman’s private part, constantly, to the extent that some scholars said that incontinence of urine does not invalidate the ablution either. If a person purifies himself for the first time, his ablution does not become invalid unless he experiences another state of ritual impurity. They reasoned this by saying that he does not benefit from the ablution since the state of impurity is constant, so there is no benefit in the ablution. Yes, if his ablution is invalidated by passing wind, for example, and he has incontinence of urine, then he must perform the ablution. And this opinion is not far from the truth. I initially thought that it invalidates the ablution and that it is not permissible for a person to perform the ablution for prayer except after the time for it has entered. But after I reviewed the words of the scholars and their disagreement, and the strength of the reasoning of those who reasoned that this ablution has no benefit since the state of impurity is constant, I retracted my first opinion. And this opinion is undoubtedly more lenient for people, especially for women from whom this constant discharge comes, especially on the days of Hajj and 'Umrah when a woman goes, for example, to the mosque after Maghrib and prays until 'Isha'. If we say that the ablution is invalidated and that she must renew the ablution after the time enters, this becomes a great hardship, especially on days of crowding and days of... something that is a hardship for the Muslims. And the evidence for it is not clear. It is not befitting for a person, and Allah the Exalted said:
Allah intends for you ease
يريد الله بكم اليسرand has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وما جعل عليكم في الدّين من حرجPerform the ablution for every prayer
توضّئي لكلّ صلاةThe questioner : The exit of the foul impure thing, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : It does not invalidate.
The questioner : What is meant by it?
The Shaykh : The foul impure thing: blood and vomit. And the correct view is that a person’s blood and his vomit are pure, because there is no evidence for impurity, whether much or little. As long as there is no evidence, the original state is purity. Yes. From here, from here, this row.