Is Wudu valid for long period.
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Is
Wudu valid for long period if I keep it(without sleep, touch women etc... which
void wudu), Suppose I made wudu for Zuhar prayar and is it valid untill Azar
prayar
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Answer:
How long wudu valid
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
All the schools of thought are absolutely unanimous in
their opinion that the following acts invalidate one’s wudu or ablution:
- Any
release from one’s private parts (urine, sexual emission, wet dream
release, menses blood for women, stool, wind, etc.)
- Deep
sleep
- sexual
intercourse
There is no time period for the validity of one’s state of
‘wudu’ in Shariah; provided one did not do any of the above listed three things
which invalidate or break one’s ‘wudu’, one would be considered to be in the
state of ‘wudu’ and eligible to make themselves available for prayer.
Say one performs the ‘wudu’ for ‘fajr’ or morning prayers,
and does not do anything which would break or invalidate their state of
‘wudu’….they are at liberty to offer their ‘dhuhr’, ‘asr’, ‘magrib’ and ‘isha’
prayers in that same state of ‘wudu, if indeed they wish to do so.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister