Fatwa ID: 07365
Answered by: Maulana Ubaidur Rahman
Question:
I had done wudhu multiple times when this had happened. It wasn’t until after Fajr today that I had realised that I actually had a small amount of fluff from my socks. I believe that it (because this has happened before) got stuck in my big toe. I took it out but then I realised it was stuck inside my toe so I used a nail cutter to get it out.
Does this create a barrier in my wudhu? Just to note, I have done my wudhu with this and prayed a lot of salahs during the week but I hadn’t noticed this before until today.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
If in terms of reaching the skin the fluff causes no barrier for water to pass through, then there would be no issue for the fluff being present. If the fluff was presenting an obstacle and preventing
If there was no impurity attached to the fluff and the water passed through the fluff in the same condition as it went in, then the fluff would not be considered an obstacle or a cause for concern in order for the thorough completion of ablution to take place.
The fluff does not cause a barrier in wudhu and there would be no need to repeat the prayers which were prayed with that being present there.
1Kitaab at Tajreed al Qudoori, Page 65, Volume 1, Maktabatus Shaamila.
2Kanz ad Daqaaiq, Page 139, Maktabatus Shaamila.
3Bahr ar Raaiq, Page 31, Volume 1, Maktabatus Shaamila.
The Prophet PBUH mentions regarding completing wudhu thoroughly and the dangers of leaving wudhu incomplete:
وَعَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، أَنَّهُ شَكَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ يَجِدُ الشَّىْءَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ. فَقَالَ “ لاَ يَنْفَتِلْ ـ أَوْ لاَ يَنْصَرِفْ ـ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ صَوْتًا أَوْ يَجِدَ رِيحًا4
Translation:
Narrated `Abbad bin Tamim:
My uncle asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about a person who imagined to have passed wind during the prayer. Allah’ Apostle replied: “He should not leave his prayers unless he hears sound or smells something.
1 الوضوء بالمتغير بمخالطة طاهر
٣٩ – قال أصحابنا: إذا خالط الماء طاهر فغيّره ولم يغلب على أوصافه، جاز الوضوء به
2 ويديه بمرفقيه ورجليه بكعبيه ومسح ربع رأسه ولحيته
3 فِيهِ الظَّرْفَانِ الْمُرَادُ مَا هُوَ مُتَنَجِّسٌ كَالثَّوْبِ كَمَا صَرَّحَ بِهِ ابْنُ مَلَكٍ وَحِينَئِذٍ ضَبْطُهُ بِالْفَتْحِ مُتَعَيِّنٌ وَيَدْخُلُ فِيهِ مَا خَرَجَ مُتَنَجِّسًا بِاعْتِبَارِ خُرُوجِ النَّجَاسَةِ الَّتِي بِهِ فَصَدَقَ عَلَيْهِ خُرُوجُ النَّجَسِ فَتَأَمَّلْ،
4 Sahih al Bukhari, 137.
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.
Written by Maulana Ubaidur Rahman.
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah.
Darul Ifta Birmingham.
