Shari'a Rulings | Doubt During Wudu: When Should One Heed It, and When Should One Repeat Wudu?

His Eminence Martyr Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei answered a religious query on 'doubt during wudu'.

Hazrat Ayatollah Martyr Seyyed Ali Khamenei responded to a poll about "doubts about ablution".

According to the Missionary Thought and Culture Base, Hazrat Ayatollah Martyr Seyed Ali Khamenei has responded to a poll about "doubts about ablution" that is offered to those who are interested.

Rulings related to doubt in ablution are different based on the time of the doubt and its subject; In such a way that the doubt in performing one of the components of ablution during ablution is different from the doubt in its conditions, and after the end of ablution, the ruling of doubt in the final part is not the same as the other components.

1- If there is doubt during ablution, if:

A: If there is any doubt: it is necessary to go back and do it.

B: There is doubt in the circumstances: he should not pay attention.

2- If the doubt is after the completion of ablution, if:

A: Doubt is not in the latter part: let it be based on authenticity.

B: If there is doubt in the last part: if there is a customary gap (for example, he left the place of performing ablution), he should assume it is correct, and otherwise, perform the last part, unless the rituals are disturbed, in which case he must perform ablution again.