Fatwa ID: 08255
Answered by Alimah Humairah Badshah
Question:
I have receeding gums and my gums bleed i have tried many remedies but none have been effective. When i do wudu and gargle water gums bleed most of the time if i spit i can see blood then i have to wait and repeat wudu in a few minutes, sometimes bleeding stops but i can taste blood and doubtful if wudu is valid or not. I am doing wudu for every salat
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
If the bleeding only occurs due to the gargling, and the gums do not bleed when left alone, then one should keep in mind that gargling is not strictly a necessity in wudhu and so can be left if one is truly unable to do so. One should gently slide water into the mouth and let it drain out, or refrain from gargling entirely if it aggravates your condition.
If the bleeding occurs continuously, regardless of gargling, one should see if the bleeding continues throughout one salah time to the extent that one cannot perform the fardh of salah without being interrupted by the bleeding. If this happens throughout any one salah time, then one should perform wudhu and the fardh of salah at the last possible time, ignoring the bleeding of the gums, and then from that moment consider themselves ma’zur. The wudhu of the who is ma’zur due to a cause such as bleeding gums does not break due to that cause occuring. However, they must do wudhu for each salah time, and their wudhu would break when each salah time ends. Such a person would continue to be considered ma’zur until an entire salah time passes without the cause occurring even once.
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.
Written by Alimah Humairah Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِي فِي سُنَنِ الْوُضُوءِ
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وَمِنْهَا الْمَضْمَضَةُ وَالِاسْتِنْشَاقُ) وَالسُّنَّةُ أَنْ يَتَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا أَوَّلًا ثُمَّ يَسْتَنْشِقَ ثَلَاثًا وَيَأْخُذَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مَاءً جَدِيدًا فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَكَذَا فِي مُحِيطِ السَّرَخْسِيِّ.
وَحَدُّ الْمَضْمَضَةِ اسْتِيعَابُ الْمَاءِ جَمِيعَ الْفَمِ وَحَدُّ الِاسْتِنْشَاقِ أَنْ يَصِلَ الْمَاءُ إلَى الْمَارِنِ. كَذَا فِي الْخُلَاصَةِ
Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fitr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.6
وَمِمَّا يَتَّصِلُ بِذَلِكَ أَحْكَامُ الْمَعْذُورِ)شَرْطُ ثُبُوتِ الْعُذْرِ ابْتِدَاءً أَنْ يَسْتَوْعِبَ اسْتِمْرَارُهُ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ كَامِلًا وَهُوَ الْأَظْهَرُ
Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fitr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.40
الْمُسْتَحَاضَةُ وَمَنْ بِهِ سَلَسُ الْبَوْلِ أَوْ اسْتِطْلَاقِ الْبَطْنِ أَوْ انْفِلَاتِ الرِّيحِ أَوْ رُعَافٍ دَائِمٌ أَوْ جُرْحٍ لَا يُرْقَأُ يَتَوَضَّئُونَ لِوَقْتِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَيُصَلُّونَ بِذَلِكَ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْوَقْتِ مَا شَاءُوا مِنْ الْفَرَائِضِ وَالنَّوَافِلِ هَكَذَا فِي الْبَحْرِ الرَّائِقِ.
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وَيَبْطُلُ الْوُضُوءُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِ وَقْتِ الْمَفْرُوضَةِ بِالْحَدَثِ السَّابِقِ. هَكَذَا فِي الْهِدَايَةِ وَهُوَ الصَّحِيحُ
Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fitr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.41
(يتوضئون لوقت كل صلاة) مفروضة
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(فيصلون بذلك الوضوء في الوقت ما شاءوا من الفرائض) والواجبات أداء وقضاء (والنوافل
فإذا خرج الوقت بطل وضوءهم، وكان عليهم استئناف الوضوء لصلاةٍ أخرى
Al-Lubab Fi Sharh Al-Kitaab (Al-Maktaba Al-‘Ilmiyyah Beirut-Lebanon, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.46-47
وَشَرْطُ بَقَائِهِ أَنْ لَا يَمْضِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَقْتُ فَرْضٍ إلَّا وَالْحَدَثُ الَّذِي اُبْتُلِيَ بِهِ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ هَكَذَا فِي التَّبْيِينِ
Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fitr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.41
