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Ruling
concerning vaginal discharge
Question:
Is the discharge that comes from a woman's vagina pure or
impure? May Allaah reward you.
Response: What is well-known among the scholars is
that anything that comes out of the private parts is impure,
except for one thing, that is sperm which is pure. Otherwise,
anything of mass or weight that comes from the private parts
is impure and nullifies the ablution. Based on that principle,
every liquid that flows from a woman's vagina is impure and
requires ablution. This is my conclusion after consulting
with some scholars and doing some research. However, I have
some problem with this conclusion because some women have
such fluids at all times. If the flow is persistent, then
the solution is to treat it in the same way that one treats
the problem of uncontrollable urine flow. The person should
make ablution for the prayer after the time of the prayer
begins and then she prays. Then I researched this question
with some doctors. They made it clear that if the liquid is
from the urethra, then the ruling is as I have just stated.
However, if it is from the uterus, then it is also as we have
just stated, but, in that case, the liquid is considered pure
and one does not have to wash it off of whatever it touches.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa al-Mar.ah
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