Do I have to repeat my salāh if it was performed with clothing soiled with madhī?
The question, as received
My question is about ‘madhi’ vaginal discharge…As I am married and I didn’t know before that we have to wash the affected area of clothes if it is madhi.. I offered salāh just by doing wudhu and not washed the affected part of my clothes. Do I have to repeat my salāh?
The answer
Madhī (pre-coital fluid) is a clear thin fluid which emits due to sexual arousal. It is najāsah ghalīzah (major impurity).[1]
Depends on: Whether the madhi on the clothing exceeded the hollow of the palm (about 2.75 cm across).
Explanation
In principle,
a. If clothes are soiled with madhī which is equal or less than the hollow of your palm (which approximately has a diameter of 2.75cm) then salāh in such clothes will be valid but makrūh tanzīh (undesirable).
b. If it is more than the hollow of your palm, then to read salāh with such clothes will be makrūh tahrīm (reprehensible) and the salāh will not be valid.2
If one finds that the amount of madhīwhich usually comes is more than the overlooked amount, salāh will have to be repeated. Make an honest calculated judge to determine how many salāh were performed in such a state.
And Allah knows best.
Mufti Faraz Adam
References
1“وما ينقض الوضوء بخروجه من بدن الإنسان” كالدم السائل والمني والمذي والودي والاستحاضة والحيض والنفاس والقيء ملء الفم ونجاستها غليظة بالاتفاق لعدم معارض دليل نجاستها عنده ولعدم مساغ الاجتهاد في طهارتها عندهما (مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح ص 155العلمية)
2“وعفي قدر الدرهم” أي عفا الشارع عن ذلك والمراد عفا عن الفساد به وإلا فكراهة التحريم باقية إجماعا إن بلغت الدرهم وتنزيها إن لم تبلغ (حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح ، ص: 156، العلمية)
3(وَإِذَا صَلَّى، وَفِي ثَوْبِهِ مِنْ الرَّوْثِ، أَوْ السِّرْقِينِ، أَوْ بَوْلِ مَا لَا يُؤْكَلُ لَحْمُهُ مِنْ الدَّوَابِّ، أَوْ خُرْءِ الدَّجَاجَةِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ قَدْرِ الدِّرْهَمِ لَمْ تَجُزْ صَلَاتُهُ) (المبسوط للسرخسي ج 1 ص 60 دار المعرفة)
Based on the Hanafi school and on the question as it was asked. Another mufti may reach a different conclusion. Read the disclaimer.