Fatwa ID: 08493

 

 

Answered by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

 

Question:

 

Every time i sleep, i wake up and check my underwear thoroughly, and find some spots/patches of wetness, most likely urine (due to my chronic prostatitis condition i think, i cant hold my bladder when sleeping and especially when sugars are high, I am type 1 diabetic as well)

 

 Would i need to do ghusl every time i sleep, because this is getting too much. Also today like my sugar was high when woke up, so found large patches, i’m guessing I urinated.

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

Urine does not necessitate Ghusl. One need only wash the affected area of clothing and on the body and do Wudhu as normal [1].

 

If washing your clothing repeatedly is difficult, then you may wish to consider wearing something made of absorbent material in your clothing when you sleep to absorb the urine and then disposing of it.

 

Either way, Ghusl would only be necessary if the wet patch was the result of mani released during a wet dream [2].

 

 

 

References:

 

[1] Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 9, Darul Fikr:

(الْفَصْلُ الْخَامِسِ فِي نَوَاقِضِ الْوُضُوءِ) مِنْهَا مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ السَّبِيلَيْنِ مِنْ الْبَوْلِ وَالْغَائِطِ وَالرِّيحِ الْخَارِجَةِ مِنْ الدُّبُرِ وَالْوَدْيِ وَالْمَذْيِ وَالْمَنِيِّ وَالدُّودَةِ وَالْحَصَاةِ، الْغَائِطُ يُوجِبُ الْوُضُوءَ قَلَّ أَوْ كَثُرَ وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَوْلُ وَالرِّيحُ الْخَارِجَةُ مِنْ الدُّبُرِ. كَذَا فِي الْمُحِيطِ

 

Raddul Mukhtar, vol. 1, pg. 318, Darul Fikr:

((وَبَوْلِ غَيْرِ مَأْكُولٍ وَلَوْ مِنْ صَغِيرٍ لَمْ يَطْعَم

 

Raddul Mukhtar, vol. 1, pg. 316, Darul Fikr:

(وَعَفَا) الشَّارِعُ (عَنْ قَدْرِ دِرْهَمٍ) وَإِنْ كُرِهَ تَحْرِيمًا، فَيَجِبُ غَسْلُهُ، وَمَا دُونَهُ تَنْزِيهًا فَيُسَنُّ، وَفَوْقَهُ مُبْطِلٌ

 

Raddul Mukhtar, vol. 1, pg. 317, Darul Fikr:

وَالْأَقْرَبُ أَنَّ غَسْلَ الدِّرْهَمِ وَمَا دُونَهُ مُسْتَحَبٌّ مَعَ الْعِلْمِ بِهِ وَالْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى غَسْلِهِ، فَتَرْكُهُ حِينَئِذٍ خِلَافُ الْأَوْلَى

 

Raddul Mukhtar, vol. 1, pg. 306, Darul Fikr:

(وَإِنْ سَالَ عَلَى ثَوْبِهِ) فَوْقَ الدِّرْهَمِ (جَازَ لَهُ أَنْ لَا يَغْسِلَهُ إنْ كَانَ لَوْ غَسَلَهُ تَنَجَّسَ قَبْلَ الْفَرَاغِ مِنْهَا) أَيْ: الصَّلَاةِ (وَإِلَّا) يَتَنَجَّسْ قَبْلَ فَرَاغِهِ (فَلَا) يَجُوزُ تَرْكُ غَسْلِهِ، هُوَ الْمُخْتَارُ لِلْفَتْوَى

 

Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 58, Darul Fikr:

تَطْهِيرُ النَّجَاسَةِ مِنْ بَدَنِ الْمُصَلِّي وَثَوْبِهِ وَالْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ وَاجِبٌ. هَكَذَا فِي الزَّاهِدِيِّ فِي بَابِ الْأَنْجَاسِ هَذَا إذَا كَانَتْ النَّجَاسَةُ قَدْرًا مَانِعًا وَأَمْكَنَ إزَالَتُهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ ارْتِكَابِ مَا هُوَ أَشَدُّ

 

[2] Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 14, Darul Fikr:

(الْفَصْلُ الثَّالِثُ فِي الْمَعَانِي الْمُوجِبَةِ لِلْغُسْلِ وَهِيَ ثَلَاثَةٌ) مِنْهَا الْجَنَابَةُ وَهِيَ تَثْبُتُ بِسَبَبَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا خُرُوجُ الْمَنِيِّ عَلَى وَجْهِ الدَّفْقِ وَالشَّهْوَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ إيلَاجٍ بِاللَّمْسِ أَوْ النَّظَرِ أَوْ الِاحْتِلَامِ أَوْ الِاسْتِمْنَاءِ.

كَذَا فِي مُحِيطِ السَّرَخْسِيِّ مِنْ الرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ فِي النَّوْمِ وَالْيَقَظَةِ

 

 

 

Only Allah s.w.t knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham