What is the ruling on the prayer of a woman who woke up after sunrise, performed ablution, and then prayed as the sun was rising, and is her ablution invalidated by the rising of the sun or by its ascent?
Sunrise (shuruq) is when the sun rises. "Salas" (incontinence) refers to something that persists for most of the time. If you suffer from incontinence, your ablution (wudu) becomes invalid upon the departure of the prayer time, according to the Shafi'i and Hanbali schools of thought. Acting upon this opinion is more cautious. Thus, if you perform ablution and pray after sunrise, your ablution becomes invalid upon the entry of the Dhuhr prayer time. If you perform ablution for the Fajr prayer and then the sun rises, your ablution becomes invalid. If you are in prayer, you must perform ablution again and restart the prayer. It is important to be aware of the danger of obsessive doubts (waswasa) regarding purity and other matters, as they come from Satan to make acts of worship feel burdensome. Allah Almighty said: "O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing."
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