FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
AL-KAFI #998: ADAKAH MENYUSUKAN ANAK MEMBATALKAN WUDHU
Does breastfeeding a child invalidate ablution (wudhu)?
Short answer
Breastfeeding a child is not among the things that invalidate wudhu.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- 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
Breastfeeding a child is not among the things that invalidate wudhu. The fatwa lists four invalidators: anything exiting the front or rear passage, loss of consciousness through sleep unless sitting firmly on the buttocks, skin contact between an adult man and an unrelated adult woman without a barrier, and touching the private parts of a human with the palm or inner fingers. Anything exiting from other than the two private passages, if not impure, is not considered a hadath by consensus of the scholars.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Maka dalam hal ini kita dapati, menyusukan anak tidak termasuk dalam perkara yang membatalkan wudhu'.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #998: ADAKAH MENYUSUKAN ANAK MEMBATALKAN WUDHU”, 26 December 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/2942-al-kafi-998-adakah-menyusukan-anak-membatalkan-wudhu. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/does-breastfeeding-invalidate-wudhu-ablution/