Things that cause the ablution to break

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Things that cause the ablution to break

Which impurities break the ablution?
Anything coming out from any part of the body of men and women, weather from the front or rear parts, eg pupu, urine, wind,etc will break the ablution. In exclusion,wind or air coming out from the front part of a woman does not break ablution.

If you bleed from any part of the body does the ablution break?
If the blood does not flow but stays in its place on the skin and clots into a shiny dot, then the ablution will not break. But if it flows, even a little and moves from it source on the skin then the wuzu will break. Similarly if one bursts a pimple and pus is discharged, the ablution will break according to hanafi fiqh.

Does the ablution break if one vomits?
A mouthful of vomit means uncontrollable vomit where food, water, liquid are expelled outside the mouth. This breaks the ablution.
Vomit that is controlled in the mouth and not expelled does not break the ablution. Vomiting even large amounts of mucous only does not break the ablution.

What if you bleed from the mouth?
You can have bleeding from the mouth if you get hurt with the miswak, or you have infection of the gums. It depends on the amount of blood, if the blood is lesser than the saliva and the mixture has an orange colour then the ablution does not break. If the blood is more than the saliva and the mixture is red in colour, the ablution breaks.

Does falling asleep break the ablution?
It depends on the depth of sleep and the position in which one sleeps. When a person is in deep sleep and both his buttocks are not touching the floor, the wuzu breaks. When a person sleeps deeply on his side his ablution breaks. If in deep sleep in sitting position in a seat with both buttocks touching the seat the wuzu does not break. If a person is standing in a bus holding the rail and goes to sleep on and off but both his feet remain on the ground (floor of the bus) his ablution will not break.

Which other conditions break the ablution?
Loss of consciousness.
Becoming mad.
Doing any type of 'Nasha' intoxication in which that person losses respect for his Mother and sisters.
Physical contact of private parts between men and women without any obstacle (e.g., clothes).

If you see your own our someone elses satar, does the ablution break?
No that ablution does not break but it is mustshab to doablution again.

What happens if you smile our laugh (kahkaha) while in salah (namaz) that has ruku and sujood?
If you only smile showing your teeth without any sound the ablution and namaz do not break. If you laugh silenltly and you are the only one who heard yourself laugh then the the ablution does not break but the namaz nullifies and you have to repeat the namaz. If you laugh loudly and others who are praying around you can hear you laugh, then your wuzu breaks and your namaz is also nullified. Here you have to do ablution again and pray namaz again too.



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