Fatwa ID: 07722
Answered by: Maulana Nuski Cassim
Question:
Salaam, so I have had this happen before where I clean myself, make wudu, pray and I find a small wet patch at the back of my trousers where my buttocks would be however, I don’t wear my trousers all the way up due to this so I don’t understand how this would happen and also I am 100% sure that I do not feel anything come out of my back passage during prayer so does this invalidate my wudu and prayers?
It’s getting frustrating because the wet patch doesn’t smell of urine either so it’s confusing me as to what this could be and I don’t have discharge from my buttocks, this wetness only happens when I pray.
Please could you help?
Jazak’allah.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Wa ‘alaykum al-salam rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
In the above scenario, you mentioned that prior to performing wudhu, you go ahead and clean yourself [istinja; with water, etc.].
After having made wudhu and thereafter praying, you notice a wet patch close to or around your buttocks area. This is despite you not wearing your trousers all the way up and you being entirely convinced that nothing exited from the rear passage.
In addition to all of this, you further clarify that the wet patch does not smell of urine and it is not discharge of any sort.
The following description, as a result, rules out any sort of najasah (impurity) or wudhu being broken.[1]
Hence, considering all the information you’ve provided, it seems like the wetness could most likely be body sweat or it could be water that finds its way to the back of your trousers after having performed wudhu.
Irrespective of whether it is body sweat, water, or something else, in this specific situation and future situations like this, your wudhu is not broken nor are you or your clothing impure.[2][3][4]
Thus, going forward, there should be no confusion regarding this. Nor should you stress or further contemplate this issue.
May Allah (SWT) ease your worries and concerns, and may He bless you immensely. Ameen.
بارك الله فيك
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Nuski Cassim
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1.
وأما بيان ما ينقض الوضوء فالذي ينقضه الحدث.؛ فالحدث هو نوعان: حقيقيٌ وحكميٌ
[بدائع الصنائع، كتاب الطهارة، ج ١، صفحة ١٣٥، الدار العالمية]
2.
لو كان الثوب طاهرا فشَكَّ في نجاسته جاز له أن يصلي فيه، لأن الشك لا يرفع اليقين
[بدائع الصنائع، كتاب الطهارة، ج ١، صفحة ٣٦٤، الدار العالمية]
فلأنّ الأصل في الثياب هو الطهارة، فلا تثبت النجاسة بالشكّ
[بدائع الصنائع، كتاب الطهارة، ج ١، صفحة ٣٦٤، الدار العالمية]
3.
شكّ في وجود النجس فالأصل بقاء الطهارة
[الأشباه والنظائر لابن نجيم، الأصل بقاء ما كان على ما كان، صفحة ١٢٠، دار الفكر]
4.
كما أن الأصل في الأشياء كلها الطهارة ما لم يقم دليل معتبر على النجاسة
[كتاب الفقه الإسلامي وأدلته للزحيلي، ج ٧، صفحة ٥٢٦٤، دار الفكر]
