Does Blood Within a Band-Aid Nullify My Wudu?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

If my wound is covered by a band-aid such that if it were removed, the blood would continue to flow, is this considered an ‘udhr(excuse) from the rules of purification?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

One is not considered excused (ma‘dhur), if they can stop the constant flowing of blood with a band-aid or the like. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]

If blood begins to flow again after taking off the band-aid, only then will the ablution (wudu) be broken. [Ibid.]

Blood Within a Wound

One’s ablution (wudu) is considered broken if the blood comes out of the wound and flows out to another part of the skin. [Ibid.]

Blood moving within a wound does not break one’s wudu. [Ibid.]

Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.

He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.

In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.