I had a medical operation, and because of it I cannot put water on my head. I want to purify myself from menstruation, so what should I do?
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The questioner : It hurts me a lot, I mean, today is the second day of the operation.
The Shaykh: Okay, can you pour the water?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Can you pour water on your head, or does it hurt you?
The questioner : By Allah, I don't know. In any case, tomorrow I will call the doctor himself and ask him if I can take a shower or not. If he tells me no, it is possible that I cannot, because what is it called, they put medicine on it and closed it up because it is a sutured wound.
The Shaykh: If he tells you that it is not permissible from a medical standpoint to take a shower, you perform dry ablution (tayammum) and pray, and you do not delay a single prayer.
The questioner : How do I perform dry ablution (tayammum)?
The Shaykh: I mean, you strike the ground with your palms once.
The questioner : My hands, the palms of my hands.
The Shaykh: Yes, the palms of your hands.
The questioner : On the ground.
The Shaykh: On the ground.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and then you wipe them with each other, like this. Do you know how? Like when someone regrets something, they put one palm on the other, yes, and then you wipe your face with both palms, and this suffices for you instead of the bath.
The questioner : And when I come to pray, for every prayer time, I perform the ablution (wudu') normally.
The Shaykh: You perform the ablution (wudu') as usual, but not for every time. You are going to purify yourself, are you not?
The questioner : Yes, I want to purify myself for the prayer, as is the custom.
The Shaykh: Yes, you perform the ablution (wudu') as people do, and you pray with that ablution (wudu') for every prayer until your ablution (wudu') is broken by one of the things that break the ablution (wudu'), not for every prayer, I mean, it is not necessary.
The questioner : I mean, when my ablution (wudu') is broken, for example, I perform the ablution (wudu') normally.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, as I said, I strike the ground with my palms.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I wipe them with each other and wipe my face.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: How many times?
The Shaykh: Once.
The questioner : And I do not recite, for example, verses and hadiths.
The Shaykh: No, no, but you say "In the name of Allah" at the beginning of the dry ablution (tayammum), just as you say "In the name of Allah" at the beginning of the ablution (wudu').
The questioner : And I say "In the name of Allah" and perform the dry ablution (tayammum).
The Shaykh : But.
The questioner : And that is all.
The Shaykh: And that is all.
The questioner : And I am allowed to fast.
The Shaykh: And after you purify yourself, you fast just as you pray.
The questioner : Okay, that is fine.
The Shaykh: Come on.
The questioner : Thank you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Okay, can you pour the water?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Can you pour water on your head, or does it hurt you?
The questioner : By Allah, I don't know. In any case, tomorrow I will call the doctor himself and ask him if I can take a shower or not. If he tells me no, it is possible that I cannot, because what is it called, they put medicine on it and closed it up because it is a sutured wound.
The Shaykh: If he tells you that it is not permissible from a medical standpoint to take a shower, you perform dry ablution (tayammum) and pray, and you do not delay a single prayer.
The questioner : How do I perform dry ablution (tayammum)?
The Shaykh: I mean, you strike the ground with your palms once.
The questioner : My hands, the palms of my hands.
The Shaykh: Yes, the palms of your hands.
The questioner : On the ground.
The Shaykh: On the ground.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and then you wipe them with each other, like this. Do you know how? Like when someone regrets something, they put one palm on the other, yes, and then you wipe your face with both palms, and this suffices for you instead of the bath.
The questioner : And when I come to pray, for every prayer time, I perform the ablution (wudu') normally.
The Shaykh: You perform the ablution (wudu') as usual, but not for every time. You are going to purify yourself, are you not?
The questioner : Yes, I want to purify myself for the prayer, as is the custom.
The Shaykh: Yes, you perform the ablution (wudu') as people do, and you pray with that ablution (wudu') for every prayer until your ablution (wudu') is broken by one of the things that break the ablution (wudu'), not for every prayer, I mean, it is not necessary.
The questioner : I mean, when my ablution (wudu') is broken, for example, I perform the ablution (wudu') normally.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, as I said, I strike the ground with my palms.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I wipe them with each other and wipe my face.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: How many times?
The Shaykh: Once.
The questioner : And I do not recite, for example, verses and hadiths.
The Shaykh: No, no, but you say "In the name of Allah" at the beginning of the dry ablution (tayammum), just as you say "In the name of Allah" at the beginning of the ablution (wudu').
The questioner : And I say "In the name of Allah" and perform the dry ablution (tayammum).
The Shaykh : But.
The questioner : And that is all.
The Shaykh: And that is all.
The questioner : And I am allowed to fast.
The Shaykh: And after you purify yourself, you fast just as you pray.
The questioner : Okay, that is fine.
The Shaykh: Come on.
The questioner : Thank you, Shaykh.
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