Wudu for someone in a constant state of impurity, such as urinary incontinence or irregular bleeding

A question about how someone afflicted with a constant state of minor impurity, such as urinary incontinence or a woman with irregular bleeding, should perform wudu, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that three things are required: performing wudu only after the prayer time begins, cleaning and then performing wudu at once, and washing without interruption and praying straight away, with a fresh wudu for every obligatory prayer. ¹

The questioner asked how a person afflicted with a constant state of minor impurity, such as urinary incontinence or a woman with irregular bleeding (istihada), should perform wudu. ¹

The Department answered that such a person must do three things; the first is to perform wudu only after the time of the prayer has begun. ¹ The second is, after the time begins, to change the bag or pad used to limit the flow of urine or blood, wash the private parts of it, and then perform wudu at once. ¹ The third is to wash the limbs of wudu one after another without interruption and then pray straight away without delay, unless waiting in order to pray with the congregation. ¹ It added that such a person may not combine two obligatory prayers with one wudu, but must perform wudu for each obligatory prayer, even one being made up. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4055, dated 18 January 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.