How Can I Assess If I Am Suffering from a Chronic Excuse?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi

Question

I struggle with minor hemorrhoids, occasional anal bleeding, and difficulty controlling small amounts of gas. After bowel movements, I often find minor blood or discharge but rarely on my clothes. I make wudu before every prayer to ensure validity. Does my condition constitute incontinence requiring wudu for each salah, or am I adding unnecessary difficulty?

Answer

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,

I pray this finds you in the best of states.

This is how you have to assess whether or not your condition grants you the status of an excused person:

If an entire prayer time passes with your bleeding present such that you did not have enough time to perform a minimal wudu and pray a quick prayer then you become excused and are allowed to follow the dispensations granted to people suffering from chronic excuses. [Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah]

Please see for a detailed answer:  The Fiqh of Chronic Excuses and Ablution

And Allah knows best.
Wassalam
[Ustadh] Sufyan Qufi
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat 

Ustadh Sufyan Qufi is an advanced seeker of knowledge, originally from Algeria, who grew up in France. He began searching far and wide for answers to the fundamental questions of life and was disappointed at the answers he found. Then he connected with various traditional teachers and gradually connected with SeekersGuidance. He embarked on his journey of learning through the various teachers at SeekersGuidance, including his mentor Shaykh Faraz Rabbani. He studied numerous texts in Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith, and other areas with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and other teachers, including Shaykh Abdurrahman al-Sha‘ar, Shaykh Ali Hani, and others. He is an active instructor at SeekersGuidance and answers questions through the SeekersGuidance Answers Service.