A Primer of Religious Knowledge — Page 33
M AU L M AU L A A N N A A H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N R A R A 33 Invalidators of WudA 1. Urination 2. Defecation 3. So much bleeding and discharging of pus from any part of the body that it flows1. 4. Sleeping on one’s side or on one’s back. 5. Sleeping with a support, in a way that if that support is removed the person sleeping would fall down. If a person falls asleep in S al a t while standing or in ruk u‘ or in prostra- tion, then the Wu d ū would not be invalidated. 6. Unconsciousness 7. State of being intoxicated. 8. State of frenzy. 9. From some a ha d i th it is established that Wu d ū must be done [again] upon eating camel’s meat. 10. Moreover, consorting with one’s spouse also invalidates Wu d ū. 1. This issue is disputed.