Fatwa

Does exposing the satr break wudhu

Fatwa #1564 Category: Tahaarah (Purity) Country: Malawi Date: 5th August 2025
Fatwa #1564 Date: 5th August 2025
Category: Tahaarah (Purity)
Country: Malawi

Question

I’m a Muslim male. Due to an appendix op my satr now has to be exposed everyday as I go to dress the wound by the doc everyday and so he sees my satr (below my belly till my private part, excluding my private part) and I go there arnd 12

Now on jumuah I do go to the masjid so after 12 noon I get my wound dressing

But now that he has dressed my wound does it break my wudhu

Do I have to repeat it or is my Salah valid with the same wudhu

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Exposing the satr does not nullify wudhu. Assuming there were no other valid nullifiers of wudhu when the wound was redressed, your wudhu is intact.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Bilal Pandor

Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia

www.daruliftaazambia.com