Tahaarat

Wiping urine from the skin

Q: Please can you advise me with regards to whether when urine falls on my skin and I wipe my skin and ensure it is dry. If I subsequently perspire does my clothes as well as all the places I sit on (bed, chair etc) become napaak and do I have to clean these surfaces by wiping them thrice?

Difficulty in performing Salaah after a rectal operation

Q: A 87 year old male is permanently taking over 7 different medications, including insulin injections twice daily. After he had rectal operation to remove cancer, he cannot control his bowel and bladder very well. Before this he prayed 5 times daily. The situation is this:

He has to visit the toilet frequently for bladder and bowel. His clothes always have some napaaki on them. He is not fit and healthy enough to perform istinja/ wuzu without making more napaaki. He is only able to have full bath/change clothes every 1 or 2 weeks. He can do istinja/ wuzu and change clothes for Eid prayer, but not daily. Besides this, he is alright and looks fit and healthy for his age, he has no other mobility problems, and we thank only Allah for this.

Mufti Sahib, so if (1) istinja/ wuzu is a problem and (2) changing clothes frequently is also a problem, both problem are affecting this person. What is the ruling regarding salah, i.e. Taharat, tiyamum etc?

He has not read namaz for past 12 months due to these issues, but he desperately wants to read namaz.

Discharge of women

Q: If a girl thinks of the opposite gender, some normal day to day things, nothing romance and she is not sure that something has came out of her private parts. She suffers a lot of vaginal discharge everyday. So she performs her namaaz but afterwards she sees a white mark on her pants. Must she repeat her namaaz?

Continuously experiencing a Discharge

Q: I find wetness in my private parts all day long (75 percent of time in 24 hours). It's watery. When it dries I can't see anything. After istinja if I wipe it, I still find some drops there. Today when I got up for fajr, I found watery substance with no colour in it. There was no stickyness. I was not even feeling like urinating and if sometime Ii feel like urinating during day or night it does not mean that I will just do it. I am highly confused for my taharat (purity). What should I do for offering namaaz? Are my clothes and myself impure? I can't wear panty and liners all day long, it creates itchiness.