ANSWER:

No, she doesn’t need to take a shower! Everytime the prayer is due, she needs to change her diaper, wash her private part and the affected area, wear a fresh diaper and do her wudhu and pray.

QUESTION: If an elderly person use diapers because she/he can’t control urination, will he need to take shower/ generalized cleaning before prayers? & is he/she impure all the time because of using diaper?

Ablution (Wudhu), Purity | July 5, 2025 12:42 am
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QUESTION: Sheikh there were a few instances when I did regular ghusl without being in state of major impurity and prayed my fard salahs. I did not know that doing such regular ghusl does not substitute for wudu. I don’t even remember which prayers these were as it was years ago, how can I rectify ?