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Fatwa CenterWoman’s discharge in the labia does not invalidate her ablution
Question
i know that discharge breaks wudhu but does it break wudhu but sometimes i feel it come out but there is nothing on my clothes.but if i wipe between my labia there is discharge there. does it break my wudhu if it is in that place? do i have to always wipe myself after praying to see if its there? if it did come out during prayer do i have to wash it off my clothes and body before praying? i always run to the bathroom after praying to see if it came out and dont do zikr until after the sunnah prayers because i dont want to break my wudhu. this causes me so much hardship even though it comes out off and on through out the day. i always feel like its coming out and too scared to read the next prayer without doing wudhu. it takes me so long to do wash myself and then do wudhu that by the time i finish one prayer it is time for the next one and i start wudhu all over. please advise me.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
We have already clarified in Fataawa 91095 and 82539 the ruling of whether or not these discharges invalidate ablution, so please refer to them.
A woman is not obliged to put her hands between her labia in order to cleanse. The scholars 
stated that a woman should wash the outside part of her private parts and the outside part of her labia, and wash what generally appears when she sits to relieve herself but they stated that she is not obliged to enter her hand between her labia.
Moreover, it appears from the statement of the jurists that the discharge which is in the labia does not invalidate ablution as long as it does not completely come out.
They stated that even though the wetness between the labia is in principle impure but it cannot be ruled as impure until it comes out, because what is inside the body cannot be ruled that it is impure unless it comes out of the body. Therefore, this takes the same ruling as the impurities [or excrements] that are inside the body which do not invalidate ablution until they come out.
As regards whether or not it is an obligation to wash the clothes that are touched by the discharge, please refer to the above-referred Fataawa.
Finally, it should be noted that you should beware of the whispers of the devil especially in regard to purifying yourself, as he strives to cause hardship and difficulties for the person and make him lazy in performing the prayer.
For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 87525.
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