By Asma bint Shameem
Regarding the discharge a woman experiences:
If it is accompanied by sexual climax during intercourse, masturbation (masturbation is haraam) or a wet dream, it is *maniy* (ejaculatory fluid) which requires ghusl (a full ritual purification bath).
If it is accompanied by arousal, but without reaching a sexual climax, it is mathiy (pre-ejaculatory fluid) (مذْي) which must be washed off and you must perform wudhu.
If it occurs *without arousal*, the scholars have different opinions, the *most correct* of which is that it is tahir or PURE.
It does *NOT require wudhu* and it is *not necessary* to wash it off.
The scholars say that this “every day” discharge is like “*saliva*” or “*sweat*”; it is pure and does not invalidate wudhu.
Sheikh Ahmad al-Khaleel said:
“The moisture which comes out from women’s vagina is a matter of disagreement among scholars.
The *most correct rule*, in my opinion, is that it is pure and does not invalidate wudhu.”
And Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaasim said:
“What comes from the vagina, emanating from the birth canal, is pure.
It requires neither a ritual bath, nor wudhu’, nor the washing of affected clothing.
The reason for this is the absence of any textual evidence – to the extent of my knowledge – that indicates the impurity of this discharge or that it invalidates a woman’s wudhu’.
This is very pertinent, especially since this discharge is something that affects all women, from the time of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam up to today.
If it had been impure or if it had nullified wudhu’, this would have been clarified by the Lawgiver.
Also, this discharge is not a waste product – like urine and feces which are the waste products of our food and drink.
It is a natural emanation from the womb.
This is why it increases with pregnancy, especially during certain months.
This ruling is the final opinion that Sheikh al-`Uthaymeen settled upon at the end of his life.
It was also the view of Ibn Hazm.”
And Shaikh Ahmad Ibn Yahyaa an-Najmee said:
“The waters that exit from the private parts of a woman are of three types.
1.The first type is maniyy (منيّ), and it is the sudden discharge of fluid that is experienced by men and by women as a product of sexual intimacy, that gives them a pleasure that encompasses the whole body as it exits it.
This fluid (maniyy) is pure according to the most correct saying of the scholars, but it *does require* that the woman performs a *complete ghusl* (purification bath) due to its occurrence.
2. The second type is madhī (مذْي), and this is discharge that exits during foreplay, and while thinking of sexual intimacy or desiring it.
Madhī is impure by the agreement of the scholars―its discharge necessitates that wudhu is renewed―and the washing of the private parts from madhī is required before the wudhu is performed, and also to sprinkle water onto whatever of the madhī falls onto the garments.
3. The third type is ruṭūbah (رطوبة), which is the wetness and dampness of the private part of a woman.
Concerning this, there is differing among the scholars concerning whether is pure or impure (najisah).
Shaikh Muhammad Ibn ‘Uthaymeen stated:
“I seek Allaah’s guidance, and I say that the wetness (rutubah discharge) of the private part of a woman is PURE (ṭāhirah).”
Therefore, if this wet discharge is not due to foreplay, and without thoughts of intimacy or desire for it―instead it is similar to sweat, then this is not harmful according to the *correct* view of the scholars, because it is pure, and therefore does not require washing the private area [or the garment], nor does it require renewing the wudhu.”
(Fath Ar-Rabb Al-Wudūd Fī Fatāwā war-Rasā’il war-Rudūd 1/180, of Shaikh Ahmad Ibn Yahyā An-Najmee.)
And Allaah knows best
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