Does breast feeding break wudu.
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salam. can one perform abolution breast feed ones child
and then pray?
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Answer:
Does breast feeding break
wudu
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
All the schools of thought are
absolutely unanimous in their opinion that the following acts invalidate one’s
wudu or ablution:
- Any release from one’s private parts (urine,
sexual emission, wet dream release, menses blood for women, stool, wind,
etc.)
- Deep sleep
- sexual intercourse
The scholars and jurists in
Islam have a difference of opinion whether the following acts invalidate the
wudu or not; some have opined that these acts invalidate the wudu while others
have opined that they do not:
- The touching of one’s private parts
- The touching of women
- Constant bleeding of blood from any part of
the body
- Vomiting
- The consuming of camel meat
- The washing of a deceased’s body.
The scholars and jurists are
unanimous in their opinion that breast-feeding one’s child does not invalidate
or break one’s wudu in the least. And
Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister