The issue of the invalidation of wudu' by intoxication
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Question:
A letter was received for the program from Jeddah, sent by one of the brothers: Uthman—I do not know what his second name is, it is not clear—it appears from his handwriting that he is of Sudanese nationality. He asks—may Allah protect the Shaykh—and says: I have read that the covering of the mind by intoxication invalidates wudu', but there are those who get intoxicated—as he says—without their minds being covered. Does their wudu' become invalid?
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: As for sleep, if a person becomes heavy in his sleep and his consciousness leaves him, his wudu' is invalidated, based on the explicit text of the Sunnah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So if a person is afflicted with something that covers his mind, such as intoxication, fainting, or unconsciousness, his wudu' is invalidated; because it is a place where ritual impurity is likely to occur, just like sleep. So the fainting that befalls people, which is unconsciousness due to some incidents, or an epileptic fit that causes a person to faint, or drinking an intoxicant that takes away his mind, in these cases his wudu' is invalidated.
As for if the intoxicant did not take away his mind, because it was a small amount, or because he had become accustomed to it and it does not intoxicate him and does not take away his mind; his wudu' is not invalidated.
The criterion is the departure of the mind. So if his mind departs due to fainting, or sleep, or drinking an intoxicant, or pills that removed his mind, then his wudu' is invalidated. But if he is aware of what comes out of him, and his mind has not departed due to these pills or this drink... whoever is aware of what comes out of him, whether it is wind or urine; his wudu' is not invalidated. So the ruling revolves around the presence of the mind: if the mind remains, the wudu' is not invalidated; and if it departs due to this fainting, or sleep, or intoxication, then his wudu' is invalidated. Yes.
A letter was received for the program from Jeddah, sent by one of the brothers: Uthman—I do not know what his second name is, it is not clear—it appears from his handwriting that he is of Sudanese nationality. He asks—may Allah protect the Shaykh—and says: I have read that the covering of the mind by intoxication invalidates wudu', but there are those who get intoxicated—as he says—without their minds being covered. Does their wudu' become invalid?
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: As for sleep, if a person becomes heavy in his sleep and his consciousness leaves him, his wudu' is invalidated, based on the explicit text of the Sunnah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So if a person is afflicted with something that covers his mind, such as intoxication, fainting, or unconsciousness, his wudu' is invalidated; because it is a place where ritual impurity is likely to occur, just like sleep. So the fainting that befalls people, which is unconsciousness due to some incidents, or an epileptic fit that causes a person to faint, or drinking an intoxicant that takes away his mind, in these cases his wudu' is invalidated.
As for if the intoxicant did not take away his mind, because it was a small amount, or because he had become accustomed to it and it does not intoxicate him and does not take away his mind; his wudu' is not invalidated.
The criterion is the departure of the mind. So if his mind departs due to fainting, or sleep, or drinking an intoxicant, or pills that removed his mind, then his wudu' is invalidated. But if he is aware of what comes out of him, and his mind has not departed due to these pills or this drink... whoever is aware of what comes out of him, whether it is wind or urine; his wudu' is not invalidated. So the ruling revolves around the presence of the mind: if the mind remains, the wudu' is not invalidated; and if it departs due to this fainting, or sleep, or intoxication, then his wudu' is invalidated. Yes.
Source
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