Is Istinja Necessary After Breaking Wind
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
Is Istinja Required After Breaking Wind?
Darulifta Ahlesunnat (Dawateislami)
Question
What do the noble scholars and jurists of Islamic law say about the following: It is necessary to perform istinjā after passing gas? Can salāh not be offered without performing istinjā?
Answer
Breaking wind from the rear passage nullifies wudū. However, unless any impurity passes with the wind, there is no need to perform istinjā, and it is sufficient to renew wudū for salāh. In this case, it is incorrect to consider istinjā necessary because it is not sunnah to perform istinjā after breaking wind; rather, it is a bidʿah.
Raʾīs al-ʿUlamā, ʿAllāmah Muḥammad ʿAbid Bin Aḥmad Sindhi Madanī رحمة الله تعالى عليه (d. 1257 AH/1841 CE) writes:
فلا يسن الاستنجاء من ريح خارج من الدبر بغير بلل فان عينها طاهرة وإنما نقضت لانبعاثها من موضع النجاسة والاستنجاء منها بدعة
(Tawāliʿ al-Anwār Sharh al-Durr al-Mukhtār, Book of purification, Chapter of istinjā, Vol. 01, p. 401, Manuscript)
ʿAllāmah Abū al-Khair, Muftī Muḥammad Nūrullah Naʿīmī Basīrpūri رحمة الله تعالى عليه (d. 1403 AH/1983 CE) writes:
ہوا سے جسم آلودہ نہیں ہوتا، لہذا استنجا کی ضرورت نہیں اور شلوار دھونی بھی ضروری نہیں۔
Translation: Wind does not pollute the body, hence, there is no need for istinjā or to wash the shalwar. (Fatāwā Nūriyah, Vol. 01, p. 125, Publ. Faqīh Aʿzam Publications Basīrpūr, Okara)
وَ اللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِہٖ وَ سَلَّم
(Allah Almighty knows best and His Messenger صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَ اٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم knows best.)
Answered By: Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari
Ref No: FAM-969
Date: 07th Jumād al-ʾUlā 1447 AH/ 30th October 2025