I use ointment which has no colour nor smell on various parts of my body, and when I wake up from sleep, I pray the morning prayer without washing those parts of my body where I have applied this ointment. So is there any harm [in that], or does [using this ointment] nullify the wudhoo?
Tag: ablution
Using skin and hair creams before doing wudhoo
Do skin creams and hair creams prevent water [touching the skin] during wudhoo? And if that is so, would that be for all creams, or [just] some types?
Forgot to utter “bismillaah” when making wudhoo
What should the Muslim say if he forgets to utter [بسم الله] when doing wudhoo, and then he remembers [not having done so] just before completing the wudhoo?
Uttering “bismillaah” when making wudhoo
If he did not utter “bismillaah” when making wudhoo, is his wudhoo correct?
Very young children reading from the Qur.aan without wudhoo
Is it permissible for a small child to read from a copy of the Qur.aan without [being in a state of] wudhoo?
No water to do wudhoo, nor sand to do tayammum
Sometimes I cannot find any water [to do wudhoo with], nor sand [or soil to do tayammum with], so what should I do when I want to pray?
Doubtful about wudhoo because of sound emanating from the stomach
Sometimes a person hears a sound emanating from the stomach, like the sound of passing wind; so is the wudhoo nullified by that?
Took socks off after making wudhoo
If someone was wearing socks, and wiped over them [whilst doing wudhoo], and later he took them off whilst being in the state of wudhoo – would it then be correct for him to pray [as he is]?
Doing wudhoo and brushing the teeth with the miswaak
Is it [from] the Sunnah to brush the teeth with a miswaak before starting the wudhoo, or whilst doing so?
Ignorant of the ruling related to wiping over the socks
A local man is ignorant of the ruling related to wiping over the socks, and [as a result] he used to wipe over the socks for a period of two complete days for a whole month. So what is the ruling regarding his prayers [during this period]?