Imamate of a Ma‘dhur

Question

I have long suffered from an illness — frequent passing of wind: wind is released every 2–3 minutes. May I, with the wudu’ made for Fajr, perform the Ishraq prayer and recite the Qur’an? That is, hold back the wind and remain in wudu’. (b) In the village where I live the people are barely literate. Most of them recite incorrectly in the prayer, the limbs of wudu’ remain dry, and they do not care about it. Will my prayer behind such people be valid or not? If not, may I lead the five daily prayers or not?

Answer

One who is a ma‘dhur (a person with a continuous excuse) in the Shari‘a sense needs wudu’ for the prayer of each prayer-time, and when the time ends his wudu’ no longer remains. The wudu’ of Fajr will end with sunrise, and a separate wudu’ will be needed for Ishraq. Then with that wudu’ supererogatory prayers (nafl)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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