I found paint on my body after cleaning myself thoroughly, will my salah be valid?

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I have recently been painting a building and have constantly been finding paint on my body after cleansing myself thoroughly to the extent of using terpentine and praying Salah so my question is my Salah still valid or will I have to do qadhaa for all the Salah that is prayed in that state

Hasan Ahmed Razzak · Accepted Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

1) The condition for the validity of wudhu is water must reach the actual skin of the limbs to be washed in wudhu.

2) If paint, glue, or nail polish prevents water from reaching the limbs of wudhu, the wudhu will not be valid.[1]

Accordingly, if after praying your salah, impermeable paint (i.e. paint which prevents water from reaching the skin) was found on the limbs of wudhu, the wudhu and salah will be invalid. The paint must be removed, and the wudhu and salah must be repeated. There are many chemicals available to instantly remove paint from the skin.

If permeable paint (paint which allows water to reach the skin) was found on parts of the body besides the limbs of wudhu, then the wudhu and salah will be valid.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Hasan Ahmed Razzak

Student - Darul Iftaa

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

03-07-1441| 26-02-2020

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