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Does bleeding break wuḍūʾ?
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Answer
The four Sunni schools differ. On the Ḥanafī school, flowing blood from anywhere on the body invalidates wuḍūʾal-Hidāyah 1/15; on the Mālikī, Shāfiʿī and majority Ḥanbalī positions it does not, with the latter distinguishing a copious amountal-Mughnī 1/243. The Companions are reported to have prayed with bleeding woundsAbū Dāwūd 198 — a primary report cited by the three schools that do not invalidate.
Evidence — the chain
Qurʾān
[Q 5:6]
Sūrat al-Māʾidah · āyah 6
Hadīth
[Abū Dāwūd 198]
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · Kitāb al-ṭahārah
Fiqh
[al-Hidāyah 1/15]
al-Hidāyah · al-Marghīnānī (Hanafi)
Fiqh
[al-Mughnī 1/243]
al-Mughnī · Ibn Qudāmah (Hanbali)
Fiqh
[Minhāj 1/23]
Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn · al-Nawawī (Shafi'i)
Fiqh
[Mukhtaṣar Khalīl, p. 7]
Mukhtaṣar Khalīl · Khalīl b. Isḥāq (Maliki)
Fatwā
[IslamQA 2123]
Does bleeding break wuḍūʾ?
Disagreement — ikhtilāf
This is genuine ikhtilāf — the disagreement is load-bearing, not stylistic. Strongest evidence per madhhab below.
Yes — flowing (sāʾil) blood from any part of the body breaks wuḍūʾ.
Reports from ʿUmar and Ibn ʿUmar performing wuḍūʾ after a nosebleed; analogy from najis exits.
Sh. Idris al-Ḥasanī· Dār al-Iftāʾ council· reviewed 2026-04-22