Ruling on Wudu and Ghusl in case of having a filling

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

What do respected Islamic scholars and Muftis say about the following issue? If a person has had a filling [i.e. filling a whole in a molar or filling the area where a molar has been extracted from], will his Wudu and Ghusl be valid? It is to be noted that the filling cannot come out.

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

According to Shari’ah, it is permissible to have a filling. If anyone has had a filling, his Wudu and Ghusl will be valid and there is no karahat(disliking by sharia) in it. If water is not made to flow beneath the filling, it will not be declared to be the missing of a Sunnah in Wudu and that of a Fard in Ghusl because it is impossible to make water flow beneath it in this condition. If it is impossible or causes hardship or harm to make water flow up to a certain area, Shari’ah has not made it obligatory to make water flow up to that area.

Similar example of this issue is a loose tooth tied with fine wire or fixed by means of a substance or there is a build-up of tartar or a layer of tooth-powder has formed on teeth, so according to Shari’ah, it is not necessary to make water flow beneath them. Likewise, if somebody has got a set of false teeth fitted, and removing them causes harm or hardship, so it is not necessary to remove them and to make water flow the area beneath them.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Maulana Sajjad Sahib

Verified by:Mufti Muhammad Hashim Khan Attari