FIQH
 “Whoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise” [Bukhari]

This rulings falls into areas of salaah and wudu and is discussed as such in the books of Fiqh. A ma’dhoor person is one who:

a)      Has a wound from which blood flows continuously

b)      Has a sickness of being unable to control the flowing of his urine or another invalidator of wudu (e.g. wind)

c)      Has a bleed (e.g. nosebleed) which is such that it does not stop

d)      Is in Ist’aadha  - bleeding irregularly out of ones habit above the maximum limit

In all of the above cases if a person does not have such time in which he could pray his salaah with complete purity throughout then that person is considered ma’dhoor (lit. excused) and has a special dispensation in this regards.

In each of these cases the cause of being ma’dhoor (e.g. continuous bleeding/urine) must occur for the period of one prayer time (Cycle 1), without stopping so the person is not able to read the full set of fard prayer for that prayer time (e.g. 2 rakat fard for fajr, 4 rakat fard for dhuhr) with complete purity he will then qualify as ma’dhoor. If within the first period of salaah(Cycle 1) his cause of him being ma’dhoor does not exist he must make wudu as per normal. However, if after becoming ma’dhoor(after completing Cycle 1) the person does not experience the same flow of blood (or the invalidator which caused this state) but experiences even a short period in that prayer time he will remain ma’dhoor. However, if he qualifies as ma’dhoor for more than one prayer time (after completing Cycle 1) and then passes though a whole prayer time without any of the causes which caused him to become ma’dhoor (e.g. bleeding stops for the period of one whole prayer time) he is then no longer ma’dhoor and must do wudu as per normal.

The ruling for this person is that the person should make wudu for the time of every prayer. In his case his wudu will remain as long as the prayer time extends for. So long as his wudu does not get invalidated by another cause (e.g. a bleeding person breaks wind). he remain in a state of wudu.

Once the next prayer time enters he must redo his wudu. For each prayer time the ma’dhoor person will have to make wudu again as his wudu becomes null and void and must be repeated in each prayer time. If a ma’dhoor person made wudu in the time of fajr he can only read prayer with that wudu until sunrise when the prayer time is over. The wudu of a ma’dhoor person carries the same strength and validity as a normal wudu and this person can read any number of salaah with this wudu.

EVENT: Fiqh weekend
Notes on Fiqh