QUESTION: If someone is doing tawaf on wheelchair and is so sleepy during tawaf he suddenly, dozed off for few seconds and felt as if he had passed a wind, but he wasn’t sure he thought he had a dream for a second in which he passed wind when he dozed off briefly. He is still not sure either he passed it or not. Does his tawaf during Umrah valid?

Ablution (Wudhu), Hajj and Umrah
15 Jan

ANSWER: This has no impact on the Umrah  The most authentic opinion is that you don’t require wudu to do tawaf and sa’ee

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QUESTION: At wrestling training I have to pray with some brothers. So I go take wudu. Can I wipe over my wrestling shoes because it takes a bit long (5min) to put them off. Or should I wipe over socks

Ablution (Wudhu)
23 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in wiping over your shoes as long as you wore them in the state of wudu and they cover your whole foot including the ankles.

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QUESTION: I had the intention of ghusl and I performed ghusl and it was time for prayer can I directly pray as I am purified and cleaned or should I have to perform wudu to pray?

Ablution (Wudhu), Purity
17 Dec

ANSWER: If you had made ghusl to lift up a major sexual impurity or ghusl after menses then no need to make another wudu to pray.

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QUESTION: Is it mandatory to wash each part three times in wudu, like washing hands, gargling, and washing the nose three times?

Ablution (Wudhu)
14 Dec

ANSWER: No. The minimum is once.  You can do it twice or thrice, it’s upto you.

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QUESTION: Can we do wudu with retainers on as they can be taken off but you need to clean it every time when taken off.

Ablution (Wudhu)
25 Nov

ANSWER: This has no impact on your wudhu!

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QUESTION: If I do ghusul maintaining Sunnah,we don’t need to do wudu right? But if I use soap (whole body)after doing all Sunnah will it effect wudu? What is better for me to do?

Ablution (Wudhu)
19 Nov

ANSWER: As long as you have followed the sunnah in your ghusul, this means that you have performed wudhu in the beginning and this is sufficient  If you wash your body with soap before or after it, this has no impact on your wudhu.

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QUESTION: If we skip a fard part in wudu like if we forget to wash face and we remind it while washing arms or while washing foot then do we have to repeat from start?

Ablution (Wudhu)
19 Nov

ANSWER: You must go back to where you skipped the part and continue from there, no need to start from the beginning.

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QUESTION: Washed + scrubbed my face to remove makeup, prayed..After praying as I have pimple, I saw some make up on the dried skin of my pimple.I know in makeup scenarios one need to repeat prayer ..but I was confused as it was only on dried skin of pimple..I had time to repeat but As I was confused I didn’t..Is prayer valid, should I repeat?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer
27 Oct

ANSWER: If it was only on one pimple then this is insignificant and the prayer is valid and this is the opinion of Ibn Taimiyah.

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QUESTION: They have said that our hair must not be wet before we wipe our hands over our head in wudhu, is this true? They also said our feet must be dry before we wash them in wudhu, is this true? What if water goes on our feet and hair must we dry it then continue wudhu? Or does it not matter whether our body, hair or feet are wet and we can just continue and make our wudhu?

Ablution (Wudhu)
19 Oct

ANSWER: This is not true. You can make wudu over your limbs irrespective of whether it is wet or dry.

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QUESTION: Can I wipe over my shoes if I wore them while I was in a state of wudhu, or is wiping only allowed on socks?

Ablution (Wudhu)
18 Oct

ANSWER: If you wore your shoes in the state of wudhu and your shoes cover your entire foot and the ankles as well, this is permissible to wipe over them.

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