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Question

If one sees a patch on underwear, (or a very small dot)which may be simply water of istinja, is wudu broken? Maybe realted to certain levels of doubt. Or certainty over doubt

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Answer

If there is no indication (i.e., smell or colour) to verify whether the stain is water or impurity, in this case of doubt the small wet patch can be overlooked. This is in consideration of the fact that prior to this, one was sure his underwear was free of any impurity. In light of the juristic principle: ‘doubt does not remove certainty’, the surety he had about the purity of his clothes will not be removed by the doubt caused by this wet patch.

Further to this, since this dot has appeared after istinja’, it is highly likely that the wet patch may be from the wetness of istinja’. Lastly, if the wet patch is smaller than the size of the concave of one’s palm, in the case it is impurity, it will not affect the validity of prayer and thus can be overlooked as long as the wudu was done after the exit of impurity.

الأشباه والنظائر لابن نجيم (ص: 47) الْقَاعِدَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ: الْيَقِينُ لَا يَزُولُ بِالشَّكِّ وَدَلِيلُهَا مَا رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَرْفُوعًا {إذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْئًا فَأَشْكَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ أَمْ لَا فَلَا يَخْرُجَنَّ مِنْ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ صَوْتًا، أَوْ يَجِدَ رِيحًا} ”

الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 346) …لِأَنَّ الْيَقِينَ لَا يَزُولُ بِالشَّكِّ؛ وَلِأَنَّ الْغَالِبَ أَنَّ الرَّشَاشَ الْمُتَصَاعِدَ إنَّمَا هُوَ مِنْ أَجْزَاءِ الْمَاءِ لَا مِنْ أَجْزَاءِ الشَّيْءِ الصَّادِمِ، فَيُحْكَمُ بِالْغَالِبِ مَا لَمْ يَظْهَرْ خِلَافُهُ اهـ فَتَأَمَّلْ، فَإِنَّ كَوْنَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْغَالِبُ مَحَلُّ نَظَرٍ.

الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 316) (وَعَفَا) الشَّارِعُ (عَنْ قَدْرِ دِرْهَمٍ) وَإِنْ كُرِهَ تَحْرِيمًا، فَيَجِبُ غَسْلُهُ، وَمَا دُونَهُ تَنْزِيهًا فَيُسَنُّ، وَفَوْقَهُ مُبْطِلٌ فَيُفْرَضُ، (قَوْلُهُ: وَعَفَا الشَّارِعُ) … قَالَ فِي شَرْحِ الْمُنْيَةِ: وَلَنَا أَنَّ الْقَلِيلَ عَفْوٌ إجْمَاعًا، إذْ الِاسْتِنْجَاءُ بِالْحَجَرِ كَافٍ بِالْإِجْمَاعِ وَهُوَ لَا يَسْتَأْصِلُ النَّجَاسَةَ، وَالتَّقْدِيرُ بِالدِّرْهَمِ مَرْوِيٌّ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَلِيٍّ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَهُوَ مِمَّا لَا يُعْرَفُ بِالرَّأْيِ فَيُحْمَلُ عَلَى السَّمَاعِ. اهـ. … (قَوْلُهُ: وَإِنْ كُرِهَ تَحْرِيمًا) أَشَارَ إلَى أَنَّ الْعَفْوَ عَنْهُ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إلَى صِحَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ بِهِ، فَلَا يُنَافِي الْإِثْمَ كَمَ … وَفِي النُّتَفِ مَا نَصُّهُ: فَالْوَاجِبَةُ إذَا كَانَتْ النَّجَاسَةُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ قَدْرِ الدِّرْهَمِ، وَالنَّافِلَةُ إذَا كَانَتْ مِقْدَارَ الدِّرْهَمِ وَمَا دُونَهُ. …، وَيُؤَيِّدُ إطْلَاقَ أَصْحَابِ الْمُتُونِ قَوْلُهُمْ ” وَعُفِيَ قَدْرُ الدِّرْهَمِ ” فَإِنَّهُ شَامِلٌ لِعَدَمِ الْإِثْمِ فَتُقَدَّمُ هَذِهِ النُّقُولُ عَلَى مَا مَرَّ عَنْ الْيَنَابِيعِ – وَاَللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ -.

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Bint Saeed

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Mufti Abdul Rahman Mangera
Mufti Zubair Patel

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