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Does vaginal discharge break wudhu?

150 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 7 South African Darul Iftas (Mufti Online, AskImam, Ibn Masood, Azaadville, Jamiat KZN, MUBZ and others). Below, each Darul Ifta’s answer is quoted word for word from the opening of one of its fatawa.

Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.

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What the Darul Iftas say

“A simple solution to avoid discharge emitting from the private part is by placing cotton wool. Before you intend making Wudhu, you should place a ball of cotton wool on the area and then make Wudhu. In this way, your Wudhu will remain intact as long as the discharge remains on the inside of the cotton wool.”

Ibn Masood — Continuous Discharge Preventing Wudhu · 30 Sep 2026

“Since you saw brown discharge after the 10th day, you will revert to your previous haiz habit and regard the entire 10 days as your haiz. Hence, your haiz ended at the end of the 10th day. Accordingly, you will need to have another ghusal. The ghusal which you made on the 7th day will not suffice.”

Mufti Online — Woman seeing a brown discharge after 10 days of haidh · 9 Jun 2025

“The vaginal discharge experienced by women can be of three types: 1. A discharge which originates from beyond the vagina with the possibility of including the fallopian tube, the ovaries, or the womb. This type of discharge is yellowish or greenish, and very thick, with a strong odour or bad stench.”

Azaadville — Types Of Vaginal Discharge · 6 Mar 2025

“We appreciate your question on transvaginal ultrasound. Every day we hear of new and fascinating medical procedures coming into practice. Sometimes we become so impressed with the latest “cutting edge” developments that, in our excitement, we don’t even stop to ask if there is anything wrong with it.”

AskImam — Are Transvaginal Ultrasounds allowed in Islam? · 5 Oct 2019

Quotes are the opening words of each answer as published; the full answer, its conditions and references are on the fatwa page. Answers depend on the exact details of each question.

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  1. Continuous Discharge Preventing Wudhu Ibn Masood · 30 Sep 2026
  2. Does Inserting Vaginal Cream Nullify the Fast? Camperdown · 14 Mar 2026
  3. Woman seeing a brown discharge after 10 days of haidh Mufti Online · 9 Jun 2025
  4. Types Of Vaginal Discharge Azaadville · 6 Mar 2025
  5. Yellow & Brown Discharge Throughout the Month MUBZ · 20 Aug 2024
  6. If you see a dream and after waking up you realized there is wetness, does this make ghusl necessary? AskImam · 1 Dec 2023
  7. Discharge of seminal fluid after Ghusl Jamiat KZN · 2 Mar 2016
  8. Yellow discharge during the days of Haidh Ibn Masood · 30 Sep 2023
  9. Seeing yellow discharge all the time due to pelvic congestion syndrome Mufti Online · 16 Nov 2024
  10. Yellow Discharge Outside Of The Normal Haidh (Menstrual) Habit Azaadville · 6 Feb 2025
  11. Ḥayḍ on a Journey / Close to White Discharge During Ḥayḍ MUBZ · 15 Jun 2024
  12. Intermittent Vaginal Discharge AskImam · 21 May 2021
  13. Vaginal Discharge Jamiat KZN · 9 Feb 2015
  14. Experiencing a discharge after Ghusl Ibn Masood · 15 Nov 2022
  15. Are Transvaginal Ultrasounds allowed in Islam? AskImam · 5 Oct 2019

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