Purity: What Is the Ruling on Involuntary Discharge After Istibrā’ and Its Effect on Past Prayers?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: What Is the Ruling on Involuntary Discharge After Istibrā’ and Its Effect on Past Prayers?

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Question #91

Occasionally, after urinating and doing istibrā’, wetness similar to urine comes out involuntarily. Is it najis or pure? And, if one notices the problem by chance after a while, what is the rule concerning the prayers he has performed earlier? Is it obligatory in the future to examine this wetness, which comes out involuntarily?

Answer #91

The wetness that comes out after doing istibrā’, about which one doubts whether it is urine or not, is not considered urine. It is to be considered pure, and it is not obligatory to do any investigation in this case.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of the Lavatory