Fatwa ID: 07454

Answered by Alimah Saniyah bint Asrar

Question:

I had wudu and I prayed fajr salah. After fajr salah I went to check if anything had come out of my private so to do this, I used a tissue and dapped it on my private. It felt a little cold but I felt it again and I was sure that it didn’t feel wet. So I went about my business in the toilet and didn’t redo my wudu or salah.

I am 100% certain that nothing had come out during Salah or before it, but I keep doubting it and overthinking that maybe something had come out.

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

Answer:

Go with the principle that doubt can’t be overridden except with absolute certainty.

If you are doubtful about whether or not your Wudu is broken or whether or not there was any impurity on your private parts but don’t have any evidence, your Wudu and your prayer are intact. Only consider wudhu broken when you’re absolutely sure that you saw something. 

البناية شرح الهداية ١/‏٤٦١

واليقين لا يزول به فلا يحكم بالنجاسة إلا زمن اليقين بوقوعها؛ لأن اليقين يزول بيقين مثله، وهو الذي ذكره هو القياس

حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح ١/‏٦٧٥

وفي الأشياء آخر قاعدة اليقين لا يزول بالشك ما نصه إن الظن عند الفقهاء من قبيل الشك لأنهم يريدون به التردد بين وجود الشيء وعدمه سواء استويا أو ترجح أحدهما 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Alimah Saniyah bint Asrar

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham