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Is it permitted for a man to change his baby’s diapers?

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Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

Is it permitted for a man to change his baby’s diapers?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Yes, it is permitted for a man to change his small child’s diaper, and also the diapers of another’s child.

In such a case, it would also be permitted for him to look at the private parts of the child, whether male or female, because of the need to clean and apply medicine [when the need arises]. This has been explicitly stated by Allama al-Shabramallisi in Hashiyat al-Nihaya.

It should be noted, however, that touching the private parts with one’s inner palm without a barrier invalidates ritual ablutions (wudu) in the Shafi`i school, even when the one touched is small.

Amjad Rasheed

(Translated by Faraz Rabbani, edited by Hamza Karamali)

السؤال الثاني : هل يجوز للرجل أن يغير حفاظات طفله ؟ الجواب : نعم يجوز للرجل أن يغير حفاظات طفله وطفل غيره ، ويجوز له حينئذ النظر إلى فرج الطفل سواء الذكر والأنثى لما يحتاجه من التنظيف ودهن الدواء كما صرح به العلامة الشبراملسي في “حاشية النهاية” ، لكن مسُّ الفرج ببطن الكف من غير حائل ينقض الوضوء في مذهبنا ولو كان الممسوس صغيرا.

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