Fatwa ID: 07245

Answered by: Mufti Yusuf Khan

Question:

I made ghusl and when I finished I looked in the mirror and saw some dry flakes on my eyelid, this was blepharitis. I scraped it off and washed my eye and performed salah. Was the salah valid?

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

Answer:

For ghusl to be valid, water must reach all parts of the body. If any part of the body that can be washed is left dry, the ghusl is invalid. [1]

In your specific case, you noticed dry flakes on your eyelid due to blepharitis after completing the ghusl. You then scraped it off, washed your eye, and performed salah.

The dry flakes on your eyelid indicate that the water did not reach that part during your initial ghusl. All parts of the body must be washed (unless there is a valid medical exemption), the initial ghusl would be incomplete.

After noticing the dry flakes, you scraped them off and washed your eye. This action would be considered a correction of the incomplete ghusl. This is because continuity is not an obligatory condition for ghusl to be valid.

Since you corrected the incomplete part of your ghusl by washing your eye after noticing the dry flakes, you essentially completed your ghusl before performing salah.

Therefore, given that you performed the necessary corrective action before your salah, your salah is valid. However, it is important to ensure that in the future, all parts of the body are thoroughly washed during ghusl to avoid such issues.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Mufti Yusuf Khan

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham