Is Clear Foul Discharge Considered Pure?

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

Does an asexual person, who, after an intrusive sexual thought, has discharge, still count it as madhy? They don’t experience desire, and also, would any clear white but foul discharge break wudu? If it is normal for a woman, can she deem it pure since it would be a slight hardship?

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.

If you experience discharge after a sexual thought despite being asexual, it will still count as madhy. You will be required to do wudu.

If you are experiencing clear foul discharge, then it is likely to be vaginal discharge, it is considered pure and akin to sweat. It does not require wudu. One may change one’s underclothing if one wants or even do wudu each time, but it is not necessary.

Pre-ejaculatory fluid (madhy) is a translucent, thin, slippery substance that is released during arousal, and when it comes into contact with the external part of the body, it invalidates the wudu. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

Comparison of Different Vaginal Discharges

• Normal vaginal discharge is completely white or clear, like cloudy lotion, egg whites, pasty, or tacky or clear. There is a difference of opinion. However, it is akin to sweat and pure and clean.
• Discharge from vaginal infections is white, gray, or green. It is clumpy, fishy smell, the vagina itches or burns, the vulva gets swollen, or the sex hurts. Wudu is required, and it’s filthy.
• Arousal fluid is clear; its quality is wet, sticky, and slippery, and it only exists upon arousal, and wudu is required.
• Orgasmic fluid is yellow, and the quality is thin and watery at the time of orgasm; a ghusl is required, and it is filthy. [Ackbarali, A Muslim Woman’s Guide to Menstruation Rulings]

General Advice—Record Your Menses

A woman’s habit is her body’s usual pattern of when blood and purity are seen during the month and for how many days.

Every woman must record her menses, lochia, and purity habits. The date and time any vaginal blood begins, including the spotting of blood, and the date and time any vaginal blood ends. [Ibid.]

It is a personal obligation (fard) for every adult woman to learn the basic rules of menstruation and to ask, as you’ve done, in the case of a complicated or unique situation. The following two books: A translation and explanation of Imam Birgivi’s treatise “The Treasure of Families & Women” (Dhukhr al-Muta’ahhilin wa al-Nisa’) on the advanced fiqh of menstruation, lochia, and abnormal bleeding, and “A Muslim Woman’s Guide to Menstruation Rulings” are two good books. They are in English and have many practical examples, life experiences, and even illustrative charts to calculate menstruation. See the links below.

I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. Insha’Allah, you will receive guidance and direction.

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• Menstruation: A Comprehensive Reader – SeekersGuidance
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• A Muslim Woman’s Guide to Menstruation Rulings by Naielah Ackbarali (Recommended Book)
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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 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.