✦ Ruling on Wudu After Washing a Child: Does It Break or Remain? ✦
If a mother helps her child urinate and then washes him, does she need to repeat her wudu, or does her original wudu remain valid?
Shaykh Abdul Wakeel Nasir (Hafizahullah)
Shaykh Abdullah Azzam (Hafizahullah)
✔ If the mother's hand touches the child’s private part without any barrier, then wudu is invalidated, and a new wudu is required.
◈ This opinion is based on authentic hadiths in which the touching of the private parts without a barrier is stated as a cause for breaking wudu.
✔ According to another group of scholars, touching the child’s private parts during cleaning or helping with urination does not break the wudu.
◈ This view is also supported by narrations, which suggest that such acts do not nullify ablution.
① First View:
Touching the private part without a covering breaks wudu, and renewal is necessary.
② Second View:
Wudu remains valid, even if there was direct contact during cleaning.
This is a scholarly difference of opinion, and both sides have evidences from hadith.
✔ One may follow either view and their practice will be valid.
✔ However, for caution and to avoid difference, it is preferable to repeat the wudu.
❖ Question:
If a mother helps her child urinate and then washes him, does she need to repeat her wudu, or does her original wudu remain valid?
❖ Answer by:
Shaykh Abdul Wakeel Nasir (Hafizahullah)
Shaykh Abdullah Azzam (Hafizahullah)
❖ First Opinion: Wudu Breaks Upon Direct Touch
✔ If the mother's hand touches the child’s private part without any barrier, then wudu is invalidated, and a new wudu is required.
◈ This opinion is based on authentic hadiths in which the touching of the private parts without a barrier is stated as a cause for breaking wudu.
❖ Second Opinion: Wudu Remains Valid
✔ According to another group of scholars, touching the child’s private parts during cleaning or helping with urination does not break the wudu.
◈ This view is also supported by narrations, which suggest that such acts do not nullify ablution.
❖ Summary of Both Views
① First View:
Touching the private part without a covering breaks wudu, and renewal is necessary.
② Second View:
Wudu remains valid, even if there was direct contact during cleaning.
❖ Conclusion: A Matter of Scholarly Ijtihad
This is a scholarly difference of opinion, and both sides have evidences from hadith.
✔ One may follow either view and their practice will be valid.
✔ However, for caution and to avoid difference, it is preferable to repeat the wudu.
