FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
AL-KAFI #357 : PERBEZAAN AIR MANI, MAZI DAN WADI
What is the difference between mani, mazi and wadi, how can each be identified, and what is the ruling on each?
Short answer
Mani is a fluid that is emitted in spurts or with pleasure, smells like kneaded dough when wet or egg white when dry, and its emission makes a full bath obligatory.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Mani is a fluid that is emitted in spurts or with pleasure, smells like kneaded dough when wet or egg white when dry, and its emission makes a full bath obligatory. The presence of any one of these characteristics is sufficient to rule it as mani, and mani is considered clean. Mazi is a thin, white, sticky fluid released at the onset of arousal without spurting, while wadi is a cloudy, thick fluid released after urination or when lifting something heavy. Neither mazi nor wadi requires a full bath, and for mazi the cited hadith instructs washing the private part and performing ablution.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #357 : PERBEZAAN AIR MANI, MAZI DAN WADI”, 11 August 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/1295-al-kafi-357-perbezaan-air-mani-mazi-dan-wadi. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/difference-between-mani-mazi-and-wadi/