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Navel Dirt
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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

I
have dirt that accumulates over time and gets stuck to my navel (i dont
know the medical term for it but it is not navel flint). When I do
ghusl, I cannot remove it just by using my hand. I need to keep rubbing
for a long time and for the parts that are hard to access I need to use
a sharp object like a pair of scissors. Do you know about this issue?
What do you advice?

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits.

This
kind of residual dirt is excused, because (a) it is common and there is
hardship entailed in removing it; and (b) it is so slight that it isn’t
considered to prevent water from reaching the skin when the area is
wetted. [Fatawa Hindiyya; Imdad al-Fatawa; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

And Allah alone gives success.

Faraz Rabbani
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Praying without wudu?
Answered by Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

Q:
A bunch of my muslim friends get together and play basketball at the park. Around Magrib time, they all pray on the courts. I did not join them because I had no wudu. Are their prayers accepted or is it haraam to pray that way without a FULL wudu (face, arms, feet, etc)?

A:

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits.
There is nothing wrong with praying in public, if done right. Rather, one must fulfill one’s obligation to pray, and take the means to fulfill this obligation in the right way. This would include taking the means to do wudu (even if only with a bottle of water over some grass, or by going to the washroom in time to perform wudu), properly.

Allah Most High has commanded us to have wudu for prayer:
“O believers, when you stand up to pray wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet up to the ankles.” [Qur'an, 5.6]
This makes the prayer conditional upon being in a state of ritual purity.

And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) confirmed this when he said, “Allah does not accept the prayers of the one who is in a state of ritual impurity until they perform wudu.” [Bukhari (6554), on the authority of Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him)]

And Allah alone gives success.

Faraz Rabbani