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How do I distinguish between urine and water when wetting the bed?

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I am a student.I’m boreded at my relatives place for studies.I  sometimes have a bed wetting issue.My questions are as follows

*What  should i do if i cannot distinguish between wether its water or urine.

*If i identify it to be urine and see patches on my cloths but not on the bed sheet.Is it permissible for me to use the bed sheet without washing it.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The solution to your query is simple; when waking up from your sleep, if you sense a smell akin to urine or any other foul scent, or you see any distinctive signs of urine such as a yellowish color, then that will be urine and it will be necessary to change the bedsheets, clothes, and purify the body from the filth.[1]

If there were no traces of urine or any foul smell on your bedsheets, and the urine had not permeated or seeped into the bedsheets, then it will only be necessary to purify the clothes and not the bedsheets.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

AbdulMannan Nizami

Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, IL, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net


[1] المحيط البرهاني في الفقه النعماني (1/ 192)

وهو الصحيح من المذهب أن في الرقيقة يعتبر الدرهم من حيث العرض، وفي الغليظة يعتبر الدرهم من حيث الوزن، ثم إنما قدروا بالدرهم، لما روي عن عمر رضي الله عنه أنه قدره بظفره، وظفره كان يبلغ قدر الدرهم الكبير واعتباراً لموضع الحدث؛ لأن الشرع عفى عن النجاسة التي في فإنه حكم بطهارته بالاستنجاء بالحجر، وإنه يزيل العين لا الأثر، والأثر مانع جواز الصلاة كالعين، فدل أن الشرع عفا عن النجاسة التي في موضع الحدث، وموضع الحدث يبلغ قدر الدرهم الكبير لكن استقبحوا ذكر موضع الحدث، فكنوا عنه بالدرهم، هكذا قاله إبراهيم النخعي رحمه الله.

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