Ma’dhoor during istihaadha
| Fatwa #2271 | Category: Tahaarah (Purity) | Country: Zambia | Date: 18th February 2026 |
| Fatwa #2271 | Date: 18th February 2026 |
| Category: Tahaarah (Purity) | |
| Country: Zambia | |
Question
During istihadha, if I make a fresh wudhu when fajr time starts does the wudhu break at the end of fajr time (sunrise) or when the time of zuhr sets in?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
A ma’dhoor is a person who is afflicted by something that breaks wudhu to such an extent that throughout one salah time, he/she was unable to atleast once perform wudhu and the fardh salah without the wudhu breaking.[1] One should take the shortest salah time e.g. Asr to Maghrib to test this.
A woman experiencing istihaadha is not automatically a ma’dhoor, rather she will be required to check and see whether the bleeding is so excessive as to qualify becoming a ma’dhoor as explained above. For practical purposes, she would be required to check at every 15-minute interval to see whether she is clean or blood has come out once more. If during one salah time, at every such interval she saw fresh blood, then she shall be a ma’dhoor.
If she does not qualify, she should attempt to notice when bleeding has stopped, clean herself, perform wudhu and salah, and check and see again whether bleeding re-appeared in that time. If not, her salah is done, if it did, she will be required to repeat the procedure. Only and until she is unable to do this throughout one salah time will she be classified as a ma’dhoor.
Once a person has been classified as ma’dhoor due to a consistent ailment (e.g. istihaadha), she will perform wudhu upon the entry time of each salah. Once the salah time exits, the wudhu will also break automatically.[2] In between the two, the wudhu will remain intact despite the istihaadha bleeding. However, should wudhu be broken due to other causes not related to istihaadha e.g. urination, a fresh wudhu will be required thereafter.
Furthermore, once a person has been classified as ma’dhoor, he/she will remain so as long as the ailment at hand occurs atleast once during each salah time. If one salah time passes where the specific ailment does not occur, one ceases to be a ma’dhoor.[3]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia
[1] ذخر المتأهلين والنساء ص221
أَحْكَامُ الْمَعْذُورِ ]
(ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْحَدَثَ إِنِ اسْتَوْعَبَ) وَلَوْ حُكْمًا (۲) (وَقْتَ صَلَاةٍ) مَفْرُوضَةِ (۳) (بِأَنْ لَم يُوجَدُ فِيهِ زَمَانٌ خَالٍ عَنْهُ يَسَعُ الْوُضُوءَ وَالصَّلاةَ، يُسَمَّى عُذْرًا، وَصَاحِبُهُ) يُسَمَّى (مَعْذُورًا، وَ) يُسَمَّى أَيْضًا صَاحِبَ الْعُذْرِ ) «هَكَذَا ذَكَرَ فِي الْكَافِي». وَنَقَلَ الزَّيْلَعِيُّ عَنْ عِدَّةِ كُتُبِ شَرْطَ اسْتِيعَابِ الْوَقتِ كُلِّهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ (4): «هُوَ الْأَظْهَرُ».
قَالَ مَوْلانا خُسْرَوْ (٥): «أَرَادَ بِهِ الرَّدَّ عَلَى الْكَافِي» بِأَنَّ كَلَامَهُ مُخَالِفٌ لِتِلْكَ الْكُتُبِ، أَقُولُ : لا مُخَالَفَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ وَجْهَهُ، وَالْحَقُّ مَا قَالَهُ فِي الْكَافِي»؛ إِذِ الْعِلْمُ بِحَقِيقَةِ الاسْتِيعَابِ مُتَعَسِّرُ ، بَلْ مُتَعَذِّرٌ خُصُوصًا لِلْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ، فَإِنَّهَا تَتَّخِذُ الْكُرْسُفَ، فَكَيْفَ يَتَيَسَّرُ مَعْرِفَةُ اسْتِيعَابِ خُرُوجِ الدَّمِ»، مُصَنِّف (٦).
قُلتُ : جَعَلَ فِي الْفَتْحِ » (۷) كَلَامَ الْكَافِي» تَفْسِيرًا لِمَا قَالَهُ فِي عَامَّةِ الْكُتُبِ،
وَهُوَ مَالُ كَلَامِ مُنْلا خُسْرَوْ، فَتَدَبَّرُ.
وَحُكْمُهُ أَنْ لا يَنتَقِضَ وُضُوؤُهُ النَّاشِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَدَثِ بِتَجَدُّدِهِ) مُتَعَلِّقُ بِـ يَنتَقِضَ»، وَسَيَأْتِي فِي كَلَامِهِ مُحْتَرَزُ الْقَيْدَيْنِ ) (إِلَّا عِنْدَ خُرُوجٍ وَقْتِ مَكْتُوبَةٌ) فَلَوْ تَوَضَّأَ لِصَلاةِ الْعِيدِ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ بِهِ الظُّهْرَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، كَذَا فِي الزَّيْلَعِي ) (۲). وَهَذَا عِنْدَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَمَحَمَّدٍ، وَعِنْدَ أَبِي يُوسُفَ بِدُخُولِ الْوَقْتِ وَخُرُوجِهِ ، مُصَنِّف (۳).
قُلتُ : وَأَفَادَ بِقَوْلِهِ : عِنْدَ خُرُوجِ … الخ» أَنَّ النَّاقِضَ لَيْسَ نَفْسَ الْخُرُوجِ، بَلِ الحَدَثَ السَّابِقَ الْمُتَجَدِّدَ بَعْدَ الْوُضُوءِ أَوْ مَعَهُ، وَإِنَّمَا خُرُوجُ الْوَقْتِ شَرْطٌ.
( فَيُصَلِّي بِهِ فِي الْوَقْتِ) بِشُرُوطٍ تُعْلَمُ مِمَّا سَيَأْتِي، وَهِيَ :
أَنْ يَكُونَ وُضُوؤُهُ مِنْ حَدَثِهِ الَّذِي صَارَ بِهِ مَعْذُورًا وَلَمْ يَعْرِضْ عَلَيْهِ حَدَثٌ آخر.
وَكَانَ وُضُوؤُه فِي الْوَقْتِ لَا قَبْلَهُ، وَكَانَ لِحَاجَةٍ (٤) .
فَحِينَئِذٍ يَبْقَى وُضُوقُه فِي الْوَقْتِ وَإِنْ قَارَنَ الْوُضُوءُ السَّيَلَانَ أَوْ سَالَ بَعْدَه، فَيُصَلِّي بِهِ فِي الْوَقْتِ مَا شَاءَ مِنَ الْفَرَائِضِ الْوَقْتِيَّةِ وَالْفَائِتَةِ (وَالنَّوَافِلِ) وَالْوَاجِبَاتِ بِالْأَوْلى.
ذخر المتأهلين والنساء ص223 [3]
ثُمَّ فِي الْبَقَاءِ) أَيْ: بَعْدَ مَا ثَبَتَ كَوْنُهُ مَعْذُورًا بِاسْتِيعَابِ عُذْرِهِ الْوَقْتَ (لا) يُشْتَرَطُ الاسْتِيعَابُ) ثَانِيَا بَلْ يَكْفِي وُجُودُهُ) أَيْ: ذَلِكَ الْحَدَثِ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتِ مَرَّةً). (وَلَوْ لَمْ يُوجَدْ فِي وَقْتٍ تَامٌ بِأَنِ اسْتَوْعَبَهُ الْانْقِطَاعُ حَقِيقَةً (سَقَطَ الْعُذْرُ مِنْ
أَوَّلِ الْانْقِطَاعِ)
وَالْحَاصِلُ : أَنَّ شَرْطَ ثُبُوتِ الْعُذْرِ اسْتِيعَابُهُ لِلْوَقْتِ، وَلَوْ حُكْمًا ). وَشْرَطُ بَقَائِهِ وُجُودُهُ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ وَلَوْ مَرَّةً. وَشَرْطُ زَوَالِهِ تَحَقُّقُ الْانْقِطَاعِ النَّامُ فِي جَمِيعِ الْوَقْتِ