His urine does not stop and he fears he will miss the prayer

19-1-2017 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum. Thank you for getting back to me regarding question 2641301. I already know about the ruling of the fatwas that you reffered me to. I want to know; if one, for example, wakes up late and urinates and only has a small amount of time to perform Istinjaa’ (washing intimate parts with water) and ablution to catch the prayer on time but this urine only stops coming out during ablution or maybe in the second unit of prayer, should they still pray the prayer, or should they miss the prayer and perform it as one that was missed? May Allaah reward you.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. 

If the person wakes up and knows that if he performs Istinjaa’ and ablution, urine would come out during the ablution, then he should wait until he is certain that the urine has stopped. If he knows that if he waits until the urine stops, he would miss the prayer, then his ruling is that of the person suffering from incontinence. He should perform ablution and the prayer, even if urine still comes out, and it does not invalidate his prayer.

The person suffering urinary incontinence is like the woman suffering Istihaadhah (bleeding outside menstrual period). Ibn Qudaamah said, “If the woman experiencing Istihaadhah knows that the blood flow usually ceases for a period of time sufficient to perform ablution and prayer, then she should not perform the prayer during the blood flow and she should wait until it stops. If she fears missing the prayer, then she should perform ablution and pray (regardless of the blood flow).” [Al-Mughni]

Allah knows best.