Does Pus from a Pimple Break Wudu?

I pray this finds you in the best of states.

Yes, your prayer was valid because the pus from your pimple did not cross the limit of your limit by itself to flow over your skin. As long as the pus remains at the exit point of your skin, wudu is not broken and a wudu performed in this state is valid. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

As for pus being taken out through a piece of cotton, it won’t break wudu for the same reason: pus was not flowing. [ibid]

The Messenger of Allah (Blessings and Peace be upon Him): “Wudu is due after any flowing blood.” [Daraqutni]

In Islamic law, pus is deemed to be a type of blood. [ Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah]

To be clear, if the pus was flowing over your skin, your wudu would have been invalid. [ibid]

And Allah knows best.

Wassalam

[Ustadh] Sufyan Qufi

Ustadh Sufyan Qufi is an advanced seeker of knowledge, originally from Algeria, who grew up in France. He began searching far and wide for answers to the fundamental questions of life and was disappointed at the answers he found.

Then he connected with various traditional teachers and gradually connected with SeekersGuidance. He embarked on his journey of learning through the various teachers at SeekersGuidance, including his mentor Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.

He studied numerous texts in Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith, and other areas with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and other teachers, including Shaykh Abdurrahman al-Sha‘ar, Shaykh Ali Hani, and others.

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