Definition of the Ma'dhur (Excused Person) and His Ruling

Question

The matter is that I, an insignificant person, suffer from an illness: I have an illness of wind. I perform wudu, but again and again wind passes from the back passage: at times after five minutes, or after ten minutes, or after fifteen minutes the wind keeps passing, and many times not even a minute goes by before wind passes. Because of this I have great difficulty in prayer. Kindly show me some way: what is the ruling of the Shari'a on this?

Answer

Assess [your condition] once in this way: for example, the time of maghrib is about an hour and a half. If during this whole time you do not find even enough time to make wudu and perform the maghrib prayer with that wudu, but rather wind keeps passing, then you are a ma'dhur.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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