Boils, swellings and the like: what the sufferer should do

Urwah said: Perform ablution because of boils only once.

Sayf said: Mujahid had a boil that kept oozing. He did not perform ablution because of it, and if it got on his garment, he did not wash it.

Ibrahim was asked about a man who has many boils that keep flowing: what should he do? He said: "He should keep washing their traces, perform ablution, and hasten to pray."

Al-Sha'bi was asked about a man who has fistula sores. He said: "He should keep praying, even if they flow all the way down to his feet."

Ibrahim was asked about a man who has blisters whose traces get on his clothes. He said: "There is no need to wash the clothes until he recovers, and when he recovers, he should wash the clothes." Ibrahim himself used to pray in clothes that had traces of pus from his sores.

Umayy said: I saw Tawus praying in clothes that, because of the traces of the sores on his shins, looked like a leather mat.