Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving
All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.
Vaginal discharges are of different types as follows:
1- Madhy or pre-seminal discharge which is always emitted on foreplay or when a woman or a man has a state of sexual arousal. It is impure like urine and invalidates wudu.
This ruling is based on the report of Ali who said, “I was a man who got frequent emotional urethral discharges and I was too embarrassed to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it because of his daughter’s position with me (as I was his son in law). Therefore, I asked al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad to (ask him). The Prophet said, “(let him) wash his private part and do ablution.”
According to the version of al-Bukhari, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “wash your private part and make wudu.”
According to the version of Muslim, “perform wudu and sprinkle water over your genitals.”
2- Sperm or maniyy which is discharged by both male and female on sexual arousal or sexual intercourse. It requires full ritual bath but it is pure. This is based on the report of ʻAishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said, “I used to wash semen from the clothes of the Messenger of Allah, and he would go out to the prayer while spots of water remained on his clothes.”
3- Wady is a white fluid which is discharged after urination or when one carries something heavy. It has the same ruling like madhy.
4- Normal female fluids which a woman discharges normally without sexual arousal or any disease. The preferred view is that they are pure and does not necessitate wudu. The reason is that there is no evidence to prove that they are impure. Moreover, there is no evidence to prove that ablution is invalidated when they are discharged.
5- Wetness of a woman’s vagina. It is a normal and regular feeling of a woman that she has something wet all the time. It does necessitate her to do ablution.
6- Discharges which goes out of a woman’s vagina due to a disease. They must be washed and ablution must be offered immediately before each single prayer. She cannot offer two prayers with the same ablution.
With regard to point 2, it refers to what is explained in number 4 above.
With regard to point 3, if she finds a trace of it inside. She does not have to make sure 100%. In case she doubts about its existence, she should not do anything. Doubt cannot affect her default state of purity.
With regard to point 4, no. It does not matter. The distinction is based on its color and other conditions which accompany those fluids such as having a sexual desire or not.
With regard to point 5, I have explained it in detail in my answer to your first question.
With regard to point 1 in the second part of your question, this is in case it is a disease. Her case is similar to a woman who has istiḥāḍah or continuous bleeding between two ministrations.
With regard to point 2 in the second part of your question, yes, she has to.
With regard to point 3 in the second part of your question, No. If it is madhy or mady, you have to clean it with water.
With regard to point 4 in the second part of your question, she regards herself as having an abnormal situation in some days and normal situation in others. She performs ablution immediately before each prayer at the former cases but goes back to normal situation later.
With regard to point 5 in the second part of your question, when you see it outside the labia, you should make ablution if it is mady or madhy and full bath if it is sperm. This is based on the report of Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet who said, Umm Sulaym, the wife of Abu Ṭalha (may Allah be pleased with he), came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “Messenger of Allah, Allah is not ashamed of the truth. Does a woman have to perform ghusl when she has a wet dream?” The Messenger of Allah said, “Yes, if she sees liquid (discharge).”
With regard to point 6 in the second part of your question, you can combine two prayers together such as Zhuhr and Asr or Maghrib with Ishaa. Otherwise, you have to make prayers on time.
With regard to point 7 in the second part of your question, you make a wudu for each single obligatory prayer along with its nafl prayer.
Almighty Allah knows best.
Thursday, Jan. 01, 1970 | 00:00 - 00:00 GMT
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