Female Discharge is Pure but Nullifies the Wudhoo [Part 27]

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Female discharge is pure. [End of text]

The scholars differed on this.

Some of them said it is impure, so if it spreads on to a garment then the area must be washed. They stated that anything that comes out of the private parts is impure except if there is evidence to say it doesn’t.

However, this view involves a great deal of difficulty for women, as sometimes it’s a permanent state for women. Some women experience this problem a lot when they are pregnant.

Others from the scholars stated that this discharge is pure and this is the view of the Hanbali Madhab.

They stated that a man can have relations with his wife even if she has discharge and had it been impure he wouldn’t have been allowed to do so or would have been commanded to wash his private parts.

If we argue that stating it to be impure would lead to a great deal of difficulty for women, then we can also argue that a small amount is overlooked.

However, the first view is that female discharge is pure and the proof for this includes:

-The discharge is connected to the womb and not waste of food or drink, thus it carries a different ruling.

-There is no evidence to suggest it being impure.

However we need to establish, does it nullify Wudhoo?

As it comes out of the private parts then it nullifies the Wudhoo. However, if the discharge is excess from the womb and discharges itself from the vagina then the majority of the scholars state this nullifies the Wudhoo also.

However, Ibn Hazm was of the view that it doesn’t nullify Wudhoo as its not urine and not Madhiy and for us to establish it as a nullifier of Wudhoo then this would require evidence.

The view that it nullifies Wudhoo is safer however, if there inconsistence then she only makes Wudhoo for every Salat at the beginning of every prayer time and protects any contamination as much as possible.

However, if there is a lot of discharge but its not inconsistence (i.e. there is a period where the discharge will stop) then she must wait for that period and clean herself and make Wudhoo when there is no discharge.

A person may ask, how can it be pure but nullify Wudhoo?

In response we say its possible that something is pure but nullifies the Wudhoo, such as passing wind from the backside – that gas is pure but it nullifies the Wudhoo.

ash-Sharh al-Mumti, 1/456-458