Ruling on Clear Fluid After Urination and Purification

Question

What is the ruling on the clear fluid that comes out after urination and purification? [AR_ID:5085]

Answer 1

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Ayatollah Khamenei (may God protect him):

If one sees a questionable moisture after urination and purification, and is unsure whether it is urine or something else, it is deemed pure and does not invalidate the wudu (ablution) if one performed wudu before it came out. However, if one did not perform istibra (purification), it is deemed impure and does invalidate the wudu. This is the benefit of istibra. The same ruling applies if there is a long duration and much movement, leading one to conclude that nothing remains in the urethra and that the questionable moisture came from above; it is then deemed pure and does not invalidate the wudu.

Therefore, since you did not perform istibra, it is ruled as impure.

Source: Tahrir al-Wasilah - Istibra

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Ayatollah Sistani (may God protect him):

The benefit of istibra is the purity of the moisture that comes out afterward if there is a possibility that it is urine, and wudu is not required from it. If the questionable moisture resembling urine comes out before istibra, it is assumed to be urine, and purification and wudu are required.

Source: Minhaj al-Salihin - Part One - Istibra

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