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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Chapter: Nullifiers of Wudhoo - Purification and a Nullifier but He Doesn't Know Which Came First (Part 10)

-If a person is certain that he has nullified his Wudhoo and he is also certain that he has purified himself, but is uncertain which one came first then he acts upon what is most likely.
Uthaymeen explains; a person say I know I broke my Wudhoo but I also know that I performed Wudhoo but I’m not sure which I did first, then we follow what is most likely and not to nullify the Wudhoo based on doubts.

For example, a person prays Fajr and stays awake until mid-morning and now wants to pray Salaat ad-Duhaa. He is certain he performed Wudhoo at Fajr but is also certain that he has broken his Wudhoo. We say to this person, your Wudhoo is broken, because the likelihood of you breaking Wudhoo is stronger and came after when you were certain you performed Wudhoo.

Another example, a person performs Wudhoo and prays Fajr and after that he is certain that he broke his Wudhoo but then performed Wudoo, but is not sure which one he did first; Wudhoo and then broke the Wudhoo or he broke the Wudhoo and then he performed the Wudhoo. In this instance we say you still have Wudhoo.

The principle here is if a person is certain that he has done something but then doubts whether that thing has been nullified or not, then in origin, the action he did that he was certain upon still remains and is not nullified.
So in the first example, the person was certain that he broke his Wudhoo and in the second example the person was certain that he re-preformed his Wudhoo.

A-     Some scholars (the Maalikees) have stated that if a person doubts (irrespective of which one came first) then it is obligatory for him to perform Wudhoo always, as the uncertainty needs to be removed.

The Hanbalees said if there is a doubt about which one came first then he must perform Wudhoo. 
Uthaymeen explains that the reason why the Hanbalees held this opinion is because we have two contradictory situations and the person doesn’t know which one to choose.

In the situation where we have two conflicting situations and there is no way one can decipher; then the correct opinion is to do what is on the safer side and perform Wudhoo, this way he will be certain to have Wudhoo once performing it

To conclude this point has four scenarios:

-He is certain that he has Wudhoo but thinks he may have nullified it. He doesn’t pay attention to the doubt and he has Wudhoo.

-He is certain that he is impure but thinks he may have performed Wudhoo. He doesn’t listen to the doubt and performs Wudhoo.

- He is certain he had Wudhoo and is certain that he broke it, but he knows which one came first. He follows what he knows in this situation.

-He is certain he had Wudhoo and is certain that he broke it, but doesn’t know which one came first. The safer opinion here is to repeat the Wudhoo.

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