Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
If someone covers a wound with a band-aid (bandage or plaster), apparently the blood has stopped. A few hours later, he checks it and there is blood on the band-aid, what happens to the ṣalahs he performed with the band-aid on.
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute.
As long as the blood from the injury remains in the bandage, and during wuḍū (ablution) one did masaḥ (wiped) over the bandage, prayers will be valid. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 1, Page 282, Dār Al-Fikr)
If blood has surpassed and seeped out of the bandage onto an area that is not covered by the bandage then the blood must be washed and wuḍū performed before offering prayers. – (See: Rad Al-Muḥtār, Vol 1, Page 280, Dār Al-Fikr) ‘
Alī Ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allāh be pleased with him) said, “I broke one of my forearms and I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
Only Allāh knows best
أَمَّا مَسْحُ الْجَبِيرَةِ فَكَالْغَسْلِ لِمَا تَحْتَهُ – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج١/ ص٢٨٢ دار الفكر
علَى قَدْرِ الْجِرَاحَةِ فَإِنْ ضَرَّهُ الْحَلُّ وَالْغَسْلُ مَسَحَ الْكُلَّ تَبَعًا وَإِلَّا فَلَا بَلْ يَغْسِلُ مَا حَوْلَ الْجِرَاحَةِ وَيَمْسَحُ عَلَيْهَا لَا عَلَى الْخِرْقَةِ مَا لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ مَسْحُهَا فَيَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخِرْقَةِ الَّتِي عَلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلُ حَوَالَيْهَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الْخِرْقَةِ الزَّائِدَةِ لِأَنَّ الثَّابِتَ بِالضَّرُورَةِ يَتَقَدَّرُ بِقَدْرِهَا كَمَا أَوْضَحَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَنْ الْمُحِيطِ وَالْفَتْحِ – كتاب الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ج١/ ص٢٨٠ دار الفكر
عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ انْكَسَرَتْ إِحْدَى زَنْدَىَّ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْجَبَائِرِ – رواه ابن ماجة ٦٥٧
