Source: Ahkam wa Masail, Chapter on Taharah Issues, Vol. 1, p. 92
Zaid lost his wudu during salah but, out of shyness before people, he completed the prayer. Later, in private, he repeated the salah. His hesitation to break the prayer was due to shyness, not out of disrespect or belittling the salah. Does this act make Zaid a disbeliever and apostate, or is it merely a sin?
Alḥamdulillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ʿammā baʿd:
The ruling in this matter is:
"بِئسَ مَا صَنَعَ لٰکِنْ لاَ یَصِیْرُ بِہٖ مُرْتَدًّا کَافِرًا"
“He has done a bad deed, but this does not render him a disbeliever or apostate.”
Conclusion:
ھٰذا ما عندي، والله أعلم بالصواب
Question:
Zaid lost his wudu during salah but, out of shyness before people, he completed the prayer. Later, in private, he repeated the salah. His hesitation to break the prayer was due to shyness, not out of disrespect or belittling the salah. Does this act make Zaid a disbeliever and apostate, or is it merely a sin?
Answer:
Alḥamdulillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ʿammā baʿd:
The ruling in this matter is:
"بِئسَ مَا صَنَعَ لٰکِنْ لاَ یَصِیْرُ بِہٖ مُرْتَدًّا کَافِرًا"
“He has done a bad deed, but this does not render him a disbeliever or apostate.”
Explanation:
- Deliberately completing salah without wudu is not valid and is a sinful act.
- However, if the person’s intention was not to mock or disrespect the prayer, then this does not expel him from Islam.
- He remains a sinner, not a disbeliever or apostate.
Conclusion:
- Zaid committed a sinful act by continuing salah in a state of impurity.
- As there was no intention of belittling the salah, he is guilty of sin but remains within the fold of Islam.
ھٰذا ما عندي، والله أعلم بالصواب
