Seeing discharge upon awakening

· 28 Safar 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If a woman who always suffers from vaginal discharge which is continuous throughout the day and night. Sometimes the discharge has a foul odor and it is thick white like leucorrhoea and sometimes the white discharge has mild odour or no odour.

After waking up, if she finds the white discharge with a foul odour and she is certain that she did not have a wet dream, does ghusl become compulsory?

Note: She is very certain that she didn't have any wet dream.

Answer

If it is because of a sickness and there are no feelings of lust etc. then ghusl is not compulsory.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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