Fatwa ID: 07456

Answered by Maulana Ubaidur Rahman

Question:

Sorry, I mentioned the wrong thing when I said that a sheikh said that air bubbles from the front don’t break wudu but I’ve just seen the video on YouTube where Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan said in a video that it doesn’t break wudu so can you please advise me.

It can get tiring having to make wudu constantly due to this problem.

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

Answer:

The Prophet PBUH says in a hadeeth,

 عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ فَدَعَا بِطَهُورٍ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ “‏ مَا مِنِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ تَحْضُرُهُ صَلاَةٌ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فَيُحْسِنُ وُضُوءَهَا وَخُشُوعَهَا وَرُكُوعَهَا إِلاَّ كَانَتْ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا قَبْلَهَا مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ مَا لَمْ يُؤْتِ كَبِيرَةً وَذَلِكَ الدَّهْرَ كُلَّهُ

Translation: ‘Amr b Sa’id b al-As reported:

I was with Uthman, and he called for ablution water and said: I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) say: When the time for a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim performs ablution well and offers his prayer with humility and bowing, it will be an expiation for his past sins, so long as he has not committed a major sin; and this applies for all times

Any air or discharge of gas emitting from the front passage of a woman does not break wudhu as this discharge of air is not considered impure. This is because it is not the natural event or procedure of things for filth to be discharged therefrom. 

Therefore, wudhu will not have to be made when this occurrence happens. 

Kanz ad Daqaaiq, Page 153, Maktabatus Shaamila.

Al Hidaayah, Page 125, Volume 1, Maktabtul Bushra.

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Ubaidur Rahman.

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah.

Darul Ifta Birmingham.