Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

If you don't know you passed gas etc. does your salat count? If you don't know a thing breaks wudu and you've done before must you make up your prayers? Are we counted for what we don't know?

· 26 Jumada II 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 6156English

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If you don't know you passed gas etc. does your salat count? If you don't know a thing breaks wudu and you've done before must you make up your prayers? Are we counted for what we don't know?

Answer

In principle, a person shall be considered in the state of Wudhu until he has full conviction that this Wudhu did not break. (al-Ashbah)

Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, 'If a person is confused to whether his Wudhu broke or not, then he should leave the Musjid until he is sure that his Wudhu broke.' (Mishkaat pg.40; Qadeemi)

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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