Eating Break Wudu

Question:

(Does eating break wudu?) Assalamualaikum w.b.t. Is wudu breakd if an individual consumes or beverages? Can he after that continue to hope without first swishing or washing his mouth? Hope for an description.

Answer:

Waalaikumussalam wrt. wbt.,

Alhamdulillah, praise and appreciation to Allah SWT for His countless true blessings for all of us. Praise and salutations to our cherished Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, buddies, and all those that follow his steps until the Last day.

We start with the declaration of Allah SWT:

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

“And He has subjected to you whatever remains in the paradises and whatever gets on the planet – all from Him. Certainly, because are indications for an individuals that give thought.”

The over verse shows that Allah SWT has subjected everything in the paradises that includes the sunlight, moon and celebrities as well as and in the world from the pets (food and land travel), plants, ships and others for all your benefit. All these true blessings are presents from Allah SWT, He granted them to you as His true blessings. Hence, you should worship just Him and never ever partner Him with anything. Certainly, everything that He has subjected for you is an indication and evidence of His Oneness for those that consider His verses (indications of His achievement) as well as disagreements and evidences for those that gain from them.

Does eating break wudu?

Regarding this issue, inning accordance with madhhab al-Syafi’I, eating does not break wudu, no matter of whether the food is prepared (with terminate) or otherwise, other than camel’s meat. Scholars of madhhab al-Syafi’I vary on the opinion of camel’s meat (whether it damages wudu or or else) right into 2 viewpoints. The jadid and well-known opinion are that it does not break wudu and this is the last opinion inning accordance with scholars in madhhab al-Syafi’i. Whilst the second opinion – the Qadim opinion – camel’s meat damages wudu and this is a weak opinion inning accordance with scholars of madhhab al-Syafi’i. However, inning accordance with al-Nawawi, this weak opinion is more powerful and more sahih in regards to its evidentiary evidence and he is likely towards this opinion in regards to its precision.

This last opinion in madhhab al-Syafi’I is according to a narration from Ibn Abbas R.Anhuma that said:

إِنَّما الوُضوءُ ممّا يخرجُ وليسَ مما يدخلُ

“Certainly, wudu is triggered by what is secreted not what goes into.”

Additionally, there’s another hadith that plainly shows that the Prophet PBUH consumed, after that mosted likely to hope without reperforming his wudu or also washing his mouth. This is as specified in a narration from In Abbas R.Anhuma, he said:

تَعَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَتِفًا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ

“The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) consumed of the meat of a shoulder (by reducing the meat with his teeth), and after that obtained up and offered the petition without carrying out the wudu once again.”

The same puts on beverages. There’s a narration from Anas container Malik RA, where he said:

أنَّ رسولَ اللهِ ﷺ شَرِبَ لبَنًا فلم يمضمِضْ ولم يتوضَّأْ وصلّى

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) consumed some milk and he didn’t wash his mouth neither did he perform wudu, and he offered the petition.”

Syaraf al-Haq al-‘Azim Abadi specified the over hadith shows that the act of washing one’s mouth after drinking milk or others which contain fat isn’t a responsibility, instead it’s an option.

Not just that, the act of washing one’s mouth after drinking milk or anything which contains fat is sunnah. This is as specified by Ibn Khuzaimah in his book, under the phase which specifies the evidences of washing one’s mouth after drinking milk is sunnah to remove the fat (milk’s fat) in one’s mouth and not obligating washing one’s mouth after drinking it.

Additionally, al-Nawawi also specified that it’s sunnah to wash one’s mouth after drinking milk. Likewise, it’s also sunnah to wash one’s mouth after eating or drinking to avoid an individual ingesting some remaining food in his mouth while he is hoping. It’s also to remove any stickiness and fattiness inside one’s mouth.

Final thought

Inning accordance with the over disagreements and conversations, we conclude it right into several issues:

The wudu of an individual isn’t breakd by the act of eating or drinking inning accordance with most of scholars. However, for those that consume camel’s meat, it’s better to take a brand-new wudu as a cautionary step and avoid the khilaf of those that obligate it.

The same for a petition of an individual that consumes and beverages after that hope without first washing his mouth, it’s legitimate.

However, it’s sunnah to wash one’s mouth after eating and drinking particularly before hoping to remove any recurring food or drink between one’s teeth and if he swallows it throughout petition, it will break his petition inning accordance with the well-known opinion.