Darulifta Ahlesunnat
(Dawateislami)
What do the noble scholars and jurists of Islamic law say about the following: Does drawing blood to check blood glucose levels nullify wudu?
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَ الصَّوَابِ
If blood comes out from any part of the body besides the ‘Sabeelain’ (the excretory passages), there is a specific rule that determines whether the wudu is nullified or not. If the amount of blood that comes out can flow, then the wudu will be nullified. If that amount cannot flow, then the wudu will not be nullified. Usually when checking blood glucose, the blood that is drawn is enough that it can flow and will therefore nullify wudu. On the other hand, if the blood drawn for the test is such that cannot flow, then the wudu will not break.
‘The amount that can flow’ means that the blood itself has the ability to flow from its original wound to such an area on the body which is necessary to wash in wudu or ghusl. Just having the ability to flow is enough, it is not necessary for it to flows in actuality.
In Al-Fatawa Al-Alamgiri it says:
منھا ما یخرج من غیر السبیلین و یسیل الی ما یظھر من الدم۔۔۔۔ و ان قشرت نفطۃ و سال منھا ماء او صدید او غیرہ ان سال عن رأس الجرح نقض و ان لم یسل لا ینقض
(Al-Fatawa Al-Alamgiri, Vol. 1, Pg. 12-13, Publ. Karachi)
In Radd Al-Muhtar it says:
ان العبرۃ للسیلان کما افادہ ط
(Radd Al-Muhtar, Vol. 1, Pg. 292, Publ. Peshawar)
It further states:
المراد السیلان ولو بالقوۃ
(Radd Al-Muhtar, Vol. 1, Pg. 285, Publ. Peshawar)
The Imam of Ahl Al-Sunnah, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan علیہ الرحمۃ discusses about the amount of blood that can flow and says:
بہنا کہ اُبھر کر ڈھلک بھی جائے یا کسی مانع کے باعث نہ ڈھلکے،تو فی نفسہ اِتنا ہو کہ مانع نہ ہوتا،تو ڈھلک جاتا۔۔ ۔۔ ہمارے ائمہ کے اجماع سے ناقضِ وضو ہے۔
Translation: Flowing is the blood emerging from the wound and moving/running down (from its original place), or even if something prevents it from moving/running, it is enough that had the prevention not been there, the blood would have moved/run down. This situation will break wudu according to the Ijma’ (consensus) of our scholars. (Fatawa Razawiyah, Vol. 1, Pg. 281, Raza Foundation, Lahore)
وَ اللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِہٖ وَ سَلَّم
(Allah Almighty knows best and His Messenger سَلَّم صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ وَ knows best.)
Answered By: Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari
Ref No: Pin-7469
Date: 2nd Muharram Al-Haraam 1446 AH/ 9th July 2024