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THE PROPHET’S WUDOO’ (ABLUTION)
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The One Who Is Not Sure If He Has Broken The Wudoo’ Or Not Relies Upon That Which He Is Certain Of
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If he who knows that he has made Wudoo’ then is not sure that he has broken it – then his Wudoo’ remains. And he who knows that he has done that which breaks Wudoo’ and doubts when he has made Wudoo’ thereafter then he does not have Wudoo’ . In each case he relies upon that which he is certain of before that which he has doubt about – and he throws the doubt away. And this is the saying of the great majority of scholars – and it is the saying of Abu Hanifah, ash-Shaafi’ee and Ahmad.
[‘Al-Mughnee’, 1/193, and ~iqh ul Awaaa’ee, 1/56].
And the proof for this is what is established from Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) who said: Rasoolullah (ﷺ) said If one of you feels something in his stomach and he isn’t sure did anything (wind) come out of it or not – then let him not leave the mosque until he hears a sound or finds a smell.
[Muslim (Sharh an-Nawawi, 4/51), ‘Aaridat-ul-Ahwadhee Sharh utTirmidhee, 1/79].
So the hadeeth is a proof that things remain upon their original state until there is a certainty of a change in that, and doubt does not harm that – so he who is sure of having made Wudoo’ and thinks that he may have broken it, then he remains upon Wudoo’.
