Termination of Wud@u#
 
 
    Question: What factors end Wud@u#? Is eating camel’s meet and sleeping also among them? Does Wud@u# terminate if you see someone naked? 
    Answer: Following things terminate a person’s Wud@u#: 
  
    1. A seminal/ovular discharge.  
    2. Sexual intercourse, whether the discharge or the ejaculation occurs or not.  
    3. Pre-seminal discharge (spermatorrhea).  
    4. Passing of bowels.  
    5. Passing of wind.  
    6. Passing of urine.  

    Of this the first two require Ghusl (bath), and the last five mere Wud@u# to make a person pure. 
    This is all as far as the Shari#‘ah is concerned in this regard. It spells out that only these six factors terminate a person’s Wud@u# 
    However, there may be other instances apart from these six which may make a person feel impure and unclean, and which depend on how sensitive a person is in matters of cleanliness. The Prophet’s own sensitivity in this regard made him do Wud@u# at such instances. But, he never made them compulsory for his followers. For example, after eating a camel’s meat, he is reported to have done Wud@u#. Similarly, he once said that if a person touches his private parts he should do Wud@u#. Therefore, one must not mix up the desirable/permissible with the compulsory. 
    Sleep itself does not terminate a person’s Wud@u#. However, since during sleep a person loses consciousness, there is a possibility that he might have encountered some of the factors that terminate Wud@u# without his knowing them. Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is desirable that a person do Wud@u#. Furthermore, if a person just doses off or wakes up from a sleep and is certain that he is still in his state of Wud@u#, he does not need to do it again. It is reported:  

    The Companions of the Prophet (sws) would go to sleep. Then would wake up and offer S@ala#h without doing Wud@u#.  (Tirmadhi#, Kita#b al-T@aha#rah) 
    Merely seeing someone naked does not terminate one's Wud@u# unless of course there is some sort of a seminal discharge. 
 
 
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