Fatwa ID: 07654
Answered by: Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam
Question:
Salaam, I wanted to ask as this is something I find really difficult to know after performing wudu. So I performed wudhu for fajr this morning and I think after I prayed I was touching the inner corner of my eye and found some eye crust and then the same thing happened when I performed wudhu for zuhr and asr. The thing is Im pretty sure I washed my face properly and tried to take everything off it beforehand so its clean for wudhu and its not big solid. So does this affect the validity of the wudhu and cause a barrier for the water to pass through the inner corner of my eye?
I did do some research and Sheikh Assim al Hakeem said that if its not done on purpose then its fine and this is something that can sometimes be unavoidable so i just wanted to double check by asking as im not sure; as there are a lot of differences of opinions.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Allah ﷻ says:
{“O believers! When you rise for prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, wipe your heads, and wash your feet to the ankles…”}
[Al-Maidah:6] 1
Washing the face for wudhu includes all parts of the face including the eyes but does not require exaggeration. 2 Normally eye crust/mucus (medically known as rheum) which form in the corners of your eyes are permeable and allow water through. Thus, washing the face with wet hands would be sufficient for wudhu as eye crust/mucus does not constitute as impurity and would not prevent water from entering. The formation is usually very tiny in size and would also allow water to flow around it and so can be overlooked. Your wudhu would have been valid.3
It can very easily be missed due to its size and sticky nature. Since you noticed it after salah then it’s possible that it may have formed even after salah. The positive taking is that since you are now aware of this happening, it is preventable, and the likelihood is reduced. 4 5
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ
2 والوجه: ما يُواجَه به (٣)، وهو من قُصاص الشّعر إلى أسفل الذقن طولاً، وما بين شحمتي الأذنين عرضاً (٤)، وداخلُ العينين ليس من الوجه (٥). (خ) (٦)
فإيصالُ الماء إلى داخل العينين ليس بواجبٍ ولا سنة، ولا يتكلّفُ بالإغماضِ والفتحِ حتى يصلَ الماءُ إلى الأشْفارِ (٧) وجوانبِ العينين (٨). (ظ) (٩)
ص60 – كتاب خزانة المفتين قسم العبادات – فصل في الوضوء – المكتبة الشاملة
3 ويجب إيصالُ الماء إلى المآقي (١)، حتى لو كان في المآقي شيءٌ يقال له بالفارسية: خِمَه (٢) لا يخرج عن الحدث (٣).
ص61 – كتاب خزانة المفتين قسم العبادات – فصل في الوضوء – المكتبة الشاملة
4 ثم إن هذا المسح يجوز أن يكون خوفاً عن عدم وصول الماء إليه؛ لأن
هذا الموضع داخل في الفرض، وقد لا يلحقه الماء، ويجوز أن يكون
المسح بمعنى الغسل، كما ذكرنا أن المسح يجيء بمعنى الغسل في لغة
العرب.
ص317 – كتاب شرح سنن أبي داود للعيني – باب في صفة وضوء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم – المكتبة الشاملة
5 قوله: ” يسْتنُ على وجهه ” أي: يسيلُ وينصب من سننْت الماء إذا صببته
صبا سهلاً.
ص296 – كتاب شرح سنن أبي داود للعيني – باب في صفة وضوء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم – المكتبة الشاملة
