Is it obligatory to repeat the ablution if a clear liquid is found in the nose after ablution, and it is not known whether it came out before or after washing the face?
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The questioner's intrusive thoughts should be answered by ignoring them. What she described as a transparent fluid from the nose is not a barrier that prevents water from reaching the skin; rather, it is a form of intrusive thought (waswasah), and her ablution (wudu') is valid. The criterion for a barrier is that it must have a tangible mass that prevents water from reaching [the skin]. If a barrier is found after ablution and it is probable that it appeared subsequently, then it should be considered as having appeared afterward.
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