If a person doubts after performing wuḍūʾ whether or not there was something that was an obstruction to water reaching those parts of the body on which wuḍūʾ is performed, the wuḍūʾ is valid. [1] Two scenarios are envisaged here: in the first, the person’s duty is to perform tayammum as he cannot perform wuḍūʾ except in a place that is usurped. In the second, his duty is to perform wuḍūʾ in a place that is not usurped as that is a viable option for him.
In either scenario, if he does not act according to his duty and goes ahead and performs wuḍūʾ in the usurped place, he will have sinned. Nevertheless, the wuḍūʾ he performed there will be valid. [2] For example, if one’s arm is impure and at the time of performing wuḍūʾ he pours water on it and purifies it, and if this is done before he wipes his arm down with his hand, then the fourth condition will have been fulfilled.
LAWS OF WUḌŪʾ RECOMMENDED SUPPLICATION (DUʿĀʾ) WHILE PERFORMING WUḌŪʾ[1] العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français