Is It Normal to Feel a Tingle During Ablution?
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Question
I am a female and experience a brief pulse or tingle in my private area during wudu, which feels different from arousal. It causes doubts and inconvenience as I often renew wudu. Is this feeling normal or a sign of arousal?
Answer
Thank you for your question. I suspect that you are feeling some kind of vaginal gas, though whatever it is, you should completely ignore it.
Doubts
The only time you should listen to your doubts during ablution is outlined in the Reliance of the Traveller:
e5.27 If one has doubts during the course of the ablution that one has washed a particular limb or the head, then it is obligatory to wash it again and everything that follows it in the ablution sequence. But if these doubts arise after one has finished ablution, one need not repeat anything. (A: The same is true of the purificatory bath (ghusl).)
Renewing ablution
Do what is necessary to ignore baseless misgivings during wudu as doubts in purity are the highlights of Shaytan’s whisperings. A pulse or tingle will not affect the validity of your ablution. There is no need to renew your ablution unless you are following the sunna of tajdid al-wudu (renewing the wudu when already in a state of wudu)
It says in the Reliance of the Traveller:
e5.28 It is recommended to renew the ablution (N: when there has been no intervening state of minor ritual impurity) when one has performed any prayer, obligatory or nonobligatory, with it.
Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to do wudu for every prayer. Tirmidhi (58) added: whether he was in a state of purity or not. [Bukhari]
Please see more details here:
– What Should I Do About Doubts Concerning Purity?
– Waswasa About Purity
– How to Handle Constant Waswasa in Acts of Purification and Worship
– Excused Liquid Filth and Ignoring Baseless Doubts About Purity
– How to Deal with Waswasa and Doubts regarding Wudu?
– How to Deal with the Waswasa regarding Wudu?
– How Do I Deal With Severe Misgivings (Waswasa) Regarding the Wudu and Ghusl?
– How Can I Deal with Doubts I Experience during Ablution?
May Allah give you the best of this world and the next.
[Ustadha] Shazia Ahmad
Approved by Shaykh Mohammad Abu Bakr Badhib
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad lived in Damascus, Syria for two years where she studied aqida, fiqh, tajweed, tafsir, and Arabic. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed her Masters in Arabic. Afterward, she moved to Amman, Jordan where she studied fiqh, Arabic, and other sciences. She later moved back to Mississauga, Canada, where she lives with her family.
