Question 1482: Does the discharge and gas that comes out of a woman's vagina nullify her Wudu (ablution)?

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✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا یَنْقُضُ الْوُضُوءَ فَقَالا مَا یَخْرُجُ مِنْ طَرَفَیْکَ الْأَسْفَلَیْنِ مِنَ الذَّکَرِ وَ الدُّبُرِ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ وَ الْبَوْلِ أَوْ مَنِیٍّ أَوْ رِیحٍ وَ النَّوْمُ حَتَّی یُذْهِبَ الْعَقْلَ...

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 9

Zurarah said: I asked Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq (prayers of God be upon them both): 'What nullifies Wudu?' They said: 'What comes out of your two lower orifices, meaning the genitals and the anus, whether it is feces, urine, semen, or gas, as well as sleep that takes away one's consciousness!'

2 عَنِ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ الْمَأْمُونُ الرِّضَا عَنْ مَحْضِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَکَتَبَ إِلَیْهِ فِی کِتَابٍ طَوِیلٍ وَ لَا یَنْقُضُ الْوُضُوءَ إِلَّا غَائِطٌ أَوْ بَوْلٌ أَوْ رِیحٌ أَوْ نَوْمٌ أَوْ جَنَابَةٌ.

📚 Uyun Akhbar al-Reza, vol. 2, p. 123

Fadl said: Ma'mun asked Imam Reza (prayers of God be upon him) about the essence of Islam, and he wrote a long letter for him. He said: 'And Wudu is not nullified except by feces, or urine, or gas, or sleep, or ritual impurity (janabah)!'

3 عن زرارة عن أَبِی عبداللَّه قال: لَا یُوجَبُ الْوُضُوءُ إِلَّا مِنْ غَائِطٍ أَوْ بَوْلٍ أَوْ ضَرْطَةٍ تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا أَوْ فَسْوَةٍ تَجِدُ رِیحَهَا

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 346

Imam Sadiq (prayers of God be upon him) said: 'Wudu is not obligatory except for feces, or urine, or a 'darta' (a gas with a sound coming out of the anus) whose sound you hear, or a 'faswa' (a silent gas coming out of the anus) whose smell you notice!'

4 عَنِ الرِّضَا قَالَ: فان قال قائل فلم وَجَبَ الْوُضُوءُ مِمَّا خَرَجَ مِنَ الطَّرَفَيْنِ خَاصَّةً وَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ دُونَ سَائِرِ الْأَشْيَاءِ قیل لِأَنَّ الطَّرَفَيْنِ هُمَا طَرِيقُ النَّجَاسَةِ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ أَمَّا النَّوْمُ فَإِنَّ النَّائِمَ إِذَا غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ النَّوْمُ يُفْتَحُ كُلُّ شَيْ ءٍ مِنْهُ وَ اسْتَرْخَى فَكَانَ أَغْلَبُ الْأَشْيَاءِ عَلَيْهِ [کله] فِيمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الرِّيحَ فَوَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْوُضُوءُ لِهَذِهِ الْعِلَّةِ.

📚 Uyun Akhbar al-Reza, vol. 2, p. 104

Imam Reza (peace be upon him) said: 'If someone asks why Wudu is only obligatory for what comes out of the two orifices (the urinary and anal exits) and for sleep, and not other things, the answer is: Because those two orifices are paths for impurity...' until he said: 'As for sleep, when a person is overcome by sleep, everything in him becomes open, soft, and loose, and the most common thing that comes out of him is gas, so for this reason Wudu becomes obligatory for him!'

5 معاویة بن عمار قال: قال أَبُوعَبْداللَّه إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْفُخُ فِي دُبُرِ الْإِنْسَانِ حَتَّى يُخَيَّلَ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْهُ رِيحٌ وَ لَا يَنْقُضُ الْوُضُوءَ إِلَّا رِيحٌ تَسْمَعُهَا أَوْ تَجِدُ رِيحَهَا

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 36

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'Indeed, Satan blows into a person's anus to make him imagine that gas has come out of him, and Wudu is not nullified except by a gas whose sound you hear or whose smell you feel!'

6 عن عبدالرحمن بن أبي عبداللَّه أَنَّهُ قال لِلصَّادِقِ أَجِدُ الرِّيحَ فِي بَطْنِي حَتَّى أَظُنَّ أَنَّهَا قَدْ خَرَجَتْ فقال لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ وُضُوءٌ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ الصَّوْتَ أَوْ تَجِدَ الرِّيحَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ أَلْيَتَيِ الرَّجُلِ فَيُحْدِثُ لِيُشَكِّكَهُ

📚 Al-Faqih, vol. 1, p. 62

Abd al-Rahman said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'I feel gas in my stomach, to the point that I think it has come out. (Is my Wudu invalid?)' He said: 'You are not obligated to perform Wudu until you hear a sound or notice a smell.'

Then he said: 'Indeed, Satan sits between a person's buttocks and creates a 'hadath' (ritual impurity) to make him doubt!'

✅ Based on the above narrations and others, the things that nullify Wudu are limited to specific and defined cases, one of which is 'rih', meaning gas. According to the interpretation provided for it in the narrations, it is clear that it refers to gas that comes out of the anus, sometimes with a sound ('darta') and sometimes silently ('faswa'). In no narration is gas coming out of a woman's vagina mentioned as a nullifier of Wudu. Therefore, if gas comes out of a woman's vagina and genitals, it does not nullify her Wudu.

✅ Also, given that the nullifiers of Wudu are limited in the narrations, and that discharge coming out of women has not been included among them, it does not nullify Wudu.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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