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Mufti Syed Mohammad Alam Madari

Hafiz-e-Qur'an · Qari · Alim · Mufti · PhD in Hadith

Makanpur Shareef, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Islamic Masail

Published
27 July 2026
Topic
Purity
Original language
اردو

What breaks wudu

Seven things nullify ablution in the Hanafi school. Doubt is not one of them: certainty is not lifted by doubt.

The nullifiers

What does not break it

Touching a woman without desire, a small amount of blood that does not flow, a nosebleed that only stains, vomiting less than a mouthful, dozing while seated upright in prayer — none of these break wudu.

The rule that settles most questions

Certainty is not removed by doubt.

If you know you made wudu and are unsure whether it broke, you still have wudu. If you know it broke and are unsure whether you renewed it, you do not. Act on what you are certain of, not on what worries you.