Question:
Does vaginal discharge, like moisture, nullify wudu? Does this mean I should check regularly to see if wudu has been nullified?
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
Everything (except for sexual fluid) that exits from the front or rear private parts nullifies one’s ablution. (Minhaj al-Talibin v. 1, p. 85)
Thus, when moisture exits from one’s private, ablution is nullified. Sh. al-Bakri al-Dimyati mentioned,
ولو خرجت منه رطوبة وشك أنها من الظاهر أو الباطن فإن لا تنقض كما نص عليه ابن حجر في شرح الإرشاد الكبير اه
“When moisture exits, and one doubts if it is from the internal or the external, then it does not nullify [the ablution], like what Ibn Hajar stated in Sharh al-Irshad.” (Hashiyat I’anat al-Talibin v. 1, p. 103)
Therefore, it should be noted that if one doubts as to whether the moisture is from inside or not, then as such the ablution is intact. If one is certain that something exited, then it is nullified.
And Allah knows best.
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