I was a man of frequent discharge of Madhi (pre-seminal fluid) and I was too shy to ask th…

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Hadith text: I was a man of frequent discharge of Madhi (pre-seminal…

عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً وَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: «يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ».
وَلِلبُخَاريِّ: فَقَالَ: «تَوَضَّأْ وَاغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ».

Explanation of the hadith: I was a man of frequent discharge of Madhi (pre-seminal…

Lessons: I was a man of frequent discharge of Madhi (pre-seminal…

• The merit of ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib (may Allah be pleased with him) who was not prevented by shyness from posing the question through an intermediary.
• Permissibility of delegating someone to seek Fatwa on one's behalf.
• Permissibility of revealing something personal, about which one feels embarrassed, for the sake of some interest.
• Madhi is impure and must be washed off the body and the clothes.
• The discharge of Madhi is among the invalidators of ablution.
• It is obligatory to wash the penis and the testicles based on another Hadīth.

Categories : Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship · Purification · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles · Removing Impurities