Should We Redo Wudu after Withholding Wind and Then Doubting Ourselves?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
When someone holds in their wind and then starts doubting if the wind passed, should we redo wudu or ignore misgivings?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health.
One should ignore the doubts after having the certainty of withholding the wind. Any doubt that enters after that is a misgiving.
Based on the important fiqh principle, “Certainty is not lifted by a doubt.” [Ibn Nujaym, al-Ashbah wa al Nadha’ir; Majallat al-Ahkam al-‘Adliyya]
This means that if one is certain about something, like in your case, withholding the discharge of wind. Mere doubting, possibilities, and even likelihoods do not change this.
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
