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What breaks wudu?

Short answer: Anything leaving the private parts, deep sleep, losing consciousness, touching the private part directly, and eating camel meat.

The things that break wudu are:

  • Anything that comes out of the front or back passage – urine, stool, wind, etc.
  • Deep sleep, or losing consciousness.
  • Touching the private part directly with the hand (Abu Dawud 181).
  • Eating camel meat (Muslim 360).

Bleeding, vomiting or laughing do not break wudu according to the strongest view, and doubt does not break it (Muslim 362). See how to make wudu.

Answered according to the Quran and authentic Sunnah as explained by the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama‘ah. For your own situation, ask a trusted scholar.

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