Is my salah valid if I had forgotten about my wudu being broken?
Question
Is my salah valid if I had forgetton about my wudhu being broken? Mufti Sahab, I once read prayers without wudhu because I had forgetton that my wudhu was broken earlier, but during prayers I had remembered that my wudhu was broken earlier, even though I continued my prayers I think my salah was not valid please clarify these case.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Salah without wudu is not valid. Since you did not have wudu at the beginning of salah you never really started the prayer.
You need to repeat that salah. Even if the time of that salah has expired, you have to make it up [qada]. [i][ii]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
فمن الشروط "الطهارة من الحدث" الأصغر والأكبر والحيض والنفاس لآية الوضوء [i]
"فمن الشروط الطهارة" قدمها على سائر الشروط لأنها أهم إذ هي مفتاح الصلاة ولأنها أول مسؤول عنه في القبر.
حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح، ص. ٢٠٧
[ii] باب شروط الصلاة التي تتقدمها:
(يجب على المصلي أن يقدم الطهارة من الأحداث والأنجاس على ما قدمناه)
وقوله: (يجب على المصلي أن يقدم الطهارة) إنما أعاده وإن كان قد علم مما تقدم كونها شرطا للصلاة ليكون الباب مشتملا على جملة الشروط.
العناية شرح الهداية، ١/ ٢٥٦
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- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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