Do the fluids that come out of a woman's private parts invalidate the ablution, and are they pure or not?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In the "Naym" (a book title).
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In.
The questioner : ... fluids come out of them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do these invalidate the ablution, and is this fluid pure or not?
The Shaykh : The fluids that come out of a woman are called the moisture of the woman's private parts. The school of thought (madhhab) holds that they are pure, and there is another opinion that they are impure, but the correct view is that they are pure. If the clothes or body become soiled with them, it is not obligatory to wash them. However, the issue is the invalidation of the ablution. I have not seen anyone say that the ablution is not invalidated by this, except Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him). But no predecessor (Salaf) was mentioned for him. The point of difficulty in my view is that if we say the ablution is invalidated by it, and this moisture is continuous, it would have the ruling of incontinence (salsal al-bawl). This necessitates that the woman renew her ablution whenever the time for an obligatory prayer enters. This is difficult for her, for example, if she is a visitor to a group of women, or if it is Ramadan and she has come to the Sacred Mosque to pray Maghrib and Isha. So, in reality, if I had found a predecessor for Ibn Hazm, I would not have hesitated to say that it does not invalidate the ablution and that it is of the same kind as the saliva that comes out of the mouth. But I did not find anyone who preceded him in saying: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) only commanded ablution from the disliked things: urine, feces, and wind. As for this, it is not disliked and it does not have a foul smell. So if someone finds a scholar who said that, and the claim is general, compete in this to find someone who preceded Ibn Hazm in saying that the ordinary fluid that comes out of a woman's private parts does not invalidate the ablution. Whoever finds such a person gets a prize from me. Did you understand? The prize is not suggested; do not mention a type, a kind, or a quantity. Yes, "Anastir" or something else. The prize is "Anastir." They say: May Allah reward you with good. Yes, O Abdullah.
The Shaykh : In the "Naym" (a book title).
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In.
The questioner : ... fluids come out of them.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do these invalidate the ablution, and is this fluid pure or not?
The Shaykh : The fluids that come out of a woman are called the moisture of the woman's private parts. The school of thought (madhhab) holds that they are pure, and there is another opinion that they are impure, but the correct view is that they are pure. If the clothes or body become soiled with them, it is not obligatory to wash them. However, the issue is the invalidation of the ablution. I have not seen anyone say that the ablution is not invalidated by this, except Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him). But no predecessor (Salaf) was mentioned for him. The point of difficulty in my view is that if we say the ablution is invalidated by it, and this moisture is continuous, it would have the ruling of incontinence (salsal al-bawl). This necessitates that the woman renew her ablution whenever the time for an obligatory prayer enters. This is difficult for her, for example, if she is a visitor to a group of women, or if it is Ramadan and she has come to the Sacred Mosque to pray Maghrib and Isha. So, in reality, if I had found a predecessor for Ibn Hazm, I would not have hesitated to say that it does not invalidate the ablution and that it is of the same kind as the saliva that comes out of the mouth. But I did not find anyone who preceded him in saying: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) only commanded ablution from the disliked things: urine, feces, and wind. As for this, it is not disliked and it does not have a foul smell. So if someone finds a scholar who said that, and the claim is general, compete in this to find someone who preceded Ibn Hazm in saying that the ordinary fluid that comes out of a woman's private parts does not invalidate the ablution. Whoever finds such a person gets a prize from me. Did you understand? The prize is not suggested; do not mention a type, a kind, or a quantity. Yes, "Anastir" or something else. The prize is "Anastir." They say: May Allah reward you with good. Yes, O Abdullah.