Does Removing a Solid Sebaceous Filament from the Skin Invalidate Wudu If It Does Not Flow?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Does removing a solid sebaceous filament from the skin invalidate wudu if it does not flow or contain moisture?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Removing a solid sebaceous filament from the skin, as you describe, does not break wudu.
Wudu is nullified when an impurity exits the body and then flows from its point of exit on its own. Moving it by squeezing the area or wiping it does not invalidate one’s wudu if it had not moved on its own.
[Tahtawi, Hashiyat al-Tahtawi ‘ala Maraqi al-Falah]
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
