Rulings on Wiping Over a Bandage or Cast (Jabeerah) During Wudū
What is a cast, and what is the ruling on wiping over it?
Ibn ʿUthaymīn said: It is that which is placed on the area of purification out of necessity, like plaster (gypsum), a cast or a bandage. Wiping over it suffices instead of washing [the limb], and this wiping replaces tayammum; so there is no need for tayammum.
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (11/171)
What is the ruling if there is a wound on the parts that require purification (wudu)?
Ibn ʿUthaymīn said: If there is a wound on the parts of purification, there are levels:
First level: The wound is exposed, and washing does not harm it, so washing it is [therefore] obligatory.
Second level: The wound is exposed, and washing harms it, but wiping (mash) does not, so wiping is obligatory.
Third level: The wound is exposed and both washing and wiping harm it, so tayammum is prescribed.
Fourth level: The wound is covered with a bandage or other appropriate covering. In this level, one wipes over this cover, and it suffices instead of washing the limb, and tayammum is not required.
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (11/171)
Must one combine tayammum with wiping over a cast (or bandage)?
Ibn ʿUthaymīn said: It is not necessary to combine wiping and tayammum, because obligating two purifications for the same limb contradicts the principles of the Sharīʿah.
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (11/173)
Must one wipe over the entire cast when wiping over it?
Ibn ʿUthaymīn said: Yes, one must wipe over it entirely because wiping replaces washing, and just as washing must cover the whole limb, so must wiping cover the entire cast/bandage.
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (11/173)
What is the ruling for someone with a wound who fears it will not heal? Should he wipe over the wound or perform tayammum?
Shaikh Ibn Baz: The correct view is that wiping over it suffices and replaces tayammum.
al-Lajnah al-Dāʾimah (5/248)
If boils appear on the leg and the treatment is to cover the boil with a bandage so that water does not reach it during wudu, what is the ruling on wudu?
Shaikh Ibn Bāz: Your wudu is valid if you wipe over the bandage or if water passes over it.
al-Lajnah al-Dāʾimah (5/249)
