Question:
Is it permissible for a person with a urine catheter to enter a masjid?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In normal circumstances, it is severely disliked to bring impurities and foul smelling substances into a Masjid, especially when there is a strong possibility of the impure substance polluting the Masjid.[1]
However, a person undergoing urinary catheterisation may enter the Masjid with the urine bag. As long as the urine bag is hidden and secured, this will not be in the ruling of external impurity being taken into a Masjid. The urine bag in such a scenario will be considered to be an internal organ.
The above ruling can be substantiated from the fact that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam permitted the I’tikāf of a woman in the Masjid suffering from Istihādha (dysfunctional vaginal bleeding). The impurity in such a scenario was hidden and there wasn’t a foul smell emitted.[2] ‘Allamah al-‘Aynī rahimahullah alludes to this in his famous Hadīth commentary ‘Umdat al-Qārī.[3]
And Allah Ta’ālā Knows Best
Mufti Faraz Adam,
www.darulfiqh.com