{"id":2607,"date":"2019-03-07T22:26:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2019-03-07T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T02:28:02","slug":"wudhu-with-permeable-nail-polishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wudhu-with-permeable-nail-polishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wudhu with permeable nail polishes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asalaamu \u2018alaikum,<br>\n<br>\nI know this issue was addressed on 6th November 2014 where understandably the\nwater permeability of the brand \u201cInglot\u201d was questionable. However, since then\nthere have been nail polish created by Muslims with the purpose of being\nbreathable so that it would not nullify a woman\u2019s wudhu. A recent brand \u201cRuhi\nEssentials\u201d was even certified by Darul Uloom, with instructional videos posted\nas proof of how water reaches the nails. I understand &amp; agree with all the\npoints covered in the previous article, but I was wondering if this article\ncould be updated to address these Muslim brands as well- whether it\u2019s the same\nopinion as with the Inglot brand or if it\u2019s different. JazakAllah khair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current \u2018halaal\u2019 nail polishes,<em> including<\/em> the Ruhi brand, which claim to be permeable will still render one\u2019s Wudhu invalid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if water permeates on a tissue paper after vigorously rubbing for 20 seconds, it is highly unlikely that water covers the<em> entire <\/em>extent of the nail. If even the extent of a pins head is left dry, the Wudhu will be invalid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, a condition for the validity of Wudhu as explained in the Quraan requires each part including the nails to be <strong>washed <\/strong>with flowing water. Therefore the nails must be washed to the extent that water drips off after washing. It can clearly be seen that this condition does not take place in this nail polish, leaving one\u2019s Wudhu incomplete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we understand the desire of our sisters\nfor a viable alternative to conventional nail-polish, we also iterate that the\nissue of Wudhu\u2019 is a very important and significant one for our Deen. Wudhu\u2019 is\nthe basic requirement for one of the mightiest worship in Islam, the Salah. If\none is not cautious in securing one\u2019s Wudhu\u2019, one would jeopardize this pillar\nof Islam. The issue of breathable nail-polish directly affects the validity of\none\u2019s Wudhu\u2019 and Salah. Hence, caution is extremely important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, there is always an option to use\nhenna as an alternative means of beautification. Henna is recommended by\nRasulullah Sallallaahu Alahi Wasallam himself, and Wudhu with the henna is also\npermissible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N.B. According to our understanding, the Darul\nUloom does not approve of the nail polish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mufti Arshad Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatwa-tt.com\"><strong>www.fatwa-tt.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> \/<\/strong><a href=\"www.jaamia.net\"><strong>www.jaamia.net<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Asalaamu \u2018alaikum, I know this issue was addressed on 6th November 2014 where understandably the water permeability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemporary-law","category-women-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}