Does the blood that accumulates on the wound but that does not overflow invalidate wudu? The crack on my hand is a single line; the blood forms a circle on the line. Is the blood regarded to have overflowed and dispersed in that case?

- Does the blood that accumulates on the wound but that does not overflow invalidate wudu? The crack on my hand is a single line; the blood forms a circle on the line. Is the blood regarded to have overflowed and dispersed in that case? Is my wudu invalidated?

- My hands crack in winter. I make wudu outside and I try to perform the noon prayer and the afternoon prayer with the same wudu so that my hands will not crack more. I know that wudu is not invalidated if the blood that comes from the crack does not overflow and disperse. If the blood clots on the line of the crack, I will not doubt.  However, it clots after it becomes like the head of a pin. The crack is a single line and the blood forms a circle on it. Is the blood regarded to have overflowed the crack and dispersed in that case and is my wudu invalidated?

Dear Brother / Sister,

If blood, pus, bloody water and similar leakage that comes out from any part of the body overflows the place it comes out, wudu is invalidated. If it remains on the wound and does not disperse, wudu is not invalidated – as an ease.  This issue is included in Fathul-Qadir, Bahr ar-Raiq and Fatawa al-Hindiyya. It is also explained in Sarakhsi's Muhit sufficiently. That is the soundest view.

If the blood or pus that comes out gets big on the wound but does not overflow and remains where it has come from, wudu is not invalidated.

The blood, pus, bloody water, leakage from a wound, liquid from a pustule, liquid coming from the navel, chest, eyes and ears due to an illness are the same in terms of the decree according to the soundest view.

(Celal Yıldırım, Kaynaklarıyla İslam Fıkhı, Uysal Kitabevi: 1/33-34)

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