The term jabÐrah refers to things which are used to bandage a wound or a fracture, and also the ointments which are applied over wounds and similar injuries.
330. If there is an unbandaged wound, boil or fracture on any one of the parts of wuÃÙ, and water is not harmful for it, wuÃÙ should be performed in the normal manner.
331. If a person has an unbandaged fracture on his face or his hands, and water is harmful for it, but wiping over it with a wet hand is not, he should wipe over it with a wet hand. The same will apply in the case of a wound or a boil, based on obligatory precaution. The recommended precaution is that he should thereafter place a ÔÁhir cloth over the area, and wipe over it with a wet hand.
However, should this be harmful as well, or should the wound or fracture be najis and unwashable, in the case of a wound, he should wash the area around it as described in the section on wuÃÙ, starting from above and going downwards. It is also not necessary to perform tayammum. The recommended precaution however, is that he should place a ÔÁhir cloth over the area, wipe over it with a wet hand, and then perform tayammum as well.
In the case of a fracture, he must perform tayammum, and based on obligatory precaution, having performed wuÃÙ, he should place a ÔÁhir cloth over the area, and wipe over it with a wet hand.
332. If a person has an unbandaged wound, boil or fracture in the frontal area of his head, or the top surface of his feet, and he is unable to wipe over it—either because the wound covers the entire area for wiping, or wiping over the unaffected areas is not possible—based on obligatory precaution, he should combine performing wuÃÙ by placing a ÔÁhir piece of cloth over the area and wiping over it with the wetness leftover from wuÃÙ, and performing tayammum.
333. If removing the bandage around a wound, boil or fracture does not entail hardship for a person, and water is not harmful for it either, he should first remove it and then perform wuÃÙ, irrespective of whether the wound or similar injury is on the face or hands, in the frontal area of the head or the top surface of the feet.
334. If a person has a bandaged wound, boil or fracture on his face or hands, and opening the bandage or pouring water over it is either harmful or entails hardship, he should wash the areas which will not be harmed, and do not entail hardship, and wipe over the bandage.
335. If it is not possible to unbandage a wound, but the bandage and the wound are both ÔÁhir, and it is possible to make water reach the wound, and it does not entail harm or hardship, then one should ensure that water reaches the wound while observing the proper sequence of the acts. In the case where the wound is on the face, the above ruling is based on obligatory precaution.
However, if the jabÐrah is on the face, and it is not possible to make the water reach it while observing the proper sequence, precaution dictates that one should wash the area, and also wipe over it while observing the proper sequence. If the wound or the bandage is najis, and it is possible to wash it and to make water reach the wound, causing no harm or hardship, then one must wash it and also make water reach the wound while performing wuÃÙ.
In the event that it is not possible to make water reach the wound, or it entails harm or hardship, or the wound is najis and it is not possible to wash it, or (washing the najÁsah) entails harm or hardship, one should wash the areas around the wound. If the jabÐrah is ÔÁhir, he should wipe over it. If the jabÐrah is najis, or it is not possible to wipe over it with a wet hand, he should place a ÔÁhir cloth over it, and do both: wipe over the cloth and perform tayammum, based on obligatory precaution. He should also place the cloth over the jabÐrah in a manner that it would be considered a part of the jabÐrah, to the fullest possible extent. In the event that it is not possible to place a cloth over the jabÐrah, or to wipe over it, based on obligatory precaution he should wash the areas around it in the manner that was described in the section on wuÃÙ, and should perform tayammum as well.
336. If the jabÐrah encompasses the entire face, or the entire hand, or both hands, the obligatory precaution is that one should perform wuÃÙ of jabÐrah and tayammum as well.
337. If the jabÐrah encompasses all the parts of wuÃÙ, the obligatory precaution is that one should perform wuÃÙ of jabÐrah and tayammum as well.
338. If a person has a jabÐrah on his palms or fingers, and has wiped over them with a wet hand while performing wuÃÙ, he should wipe his head and feet with the same wetness.
339. If a jabÐrah covers the entire width of the upper surface of the foot, but a part of the toes and a part of the upper area—which is obligatory to wipe—is uncovered, one should wipe over the foot in the uncovered areas, and wipe over the jabÐrah in the areas covered by the jabÐrah.
340. If there are multiple jabÐrahs on the face or hands, one should wash the areas between them. If the jabÐrahs are on the head or the surface of the feet, one should wipe on the areas between them. As for the areas which contain the jabÐrah, one should act according to the rules of jabÐrah in those areas.
341. If a jabÐrah covers more than the usual area around a wound, and it is not possible to remove it without difficulty, based on obligatory precaution, one should perform the wuÃÙ of jabÐrah and tayammum as well. If however, removing the extra jabÐrah is possible without difficulty, one should remove it. Then, if the wound is on the face or the hands, one should wash the uncovered area, and if it is on the head or the feet—and wiping the area is obligatory—one should wipe over it. As for the areas covered by the jabÐrah, one should act according to the rules of jabÐrah.
342. If there is no wound, cut or fracture on the parts of wuÃÙ, but water is still harmful for it for some other reason, one should perform tayammum instead of wuÃÙ.
343. If an area on the parts of wuÃÙ is phlebotomized, and it is not possible to wash it due to the harm it may cause, then its ruling will be the same as the ruling of a wound or a cut, as elaborated in the previous article. If a person is unable to wash it for any other reason, like if the blood does not cease to flow, he should perform tayammum instead.
344. If something is stuck to one of the parts of wuÃÙ or ghusl, and removing it is not possible, or entails hardship, based on obligatory precaution one should perform wuÃÙ or ghusl of jabÐrah and tayammum as well.
345. In all the ghusls, with the exception of the ghusl for a dead body, the (ruling for the) ghusl of jabÐrah is like the wuÃÙ of jabÐrah, and based on obligatory precaution, it should be performed sequentially.
However, if there is a wound or a boil on the body, be it covered with a jabÐrah or uncovered, , albeit there is a case to be made for being free to choose between ghusl and tayammum, the obligatory precaution is that one should perform ghusl. If there is a fracture on the body, then its ruling, and the ruling of the area with the fracture, wound or boil for the purpose of ghusl is the same as the ruling for the face and the hands in wuÃÙ.
346. If a person’s responsibility is to perform tayammum, and he has a wound, boil or fracture on some of the parts of tayammum, he should perform the tayammum of jabÐrah according to the instructions given for the wuÃÙ of jabÐrah.
347. If a person who has to offer prayers with wuÃÙ or ghusl of jabÐrah knows that he will not be divested of his excuse prior to the end of the allocated time for prayers, he can offer his prayers at its earliest time. However, if he is hopeful that his excuse will be removed prior to the end of the specified time, it is better that he should wait. If his excuse is not removed, he should offer prayers towards the end of the specified time by performing wuÃÙ or ghusl of jabÐrah. In the event that he offers his prayers at its earliest time, and his excuse is removed prior to the end of the allocated time, he should perform (the normal) wuÃÙ or ghusl and offer his prayers again.
348. If a person is compelled to keep his eyelashes attached to each other due to an eye disease, or if water is harmful for his eyes due to an eye condition, he should perform tayammum.
349. A person who does not know whether his responsibility is to perform tayammum or wuÃÙ of jabÐrah, should perform both, based on obligatory precaution.
350. Prayers which were offered with wuÃÙ of jabÐrah, wherein the excuse persisted to the end of the allocated time for prayers, are valid. In fact, he can offer the subsequent prayers with the same wuÃÙ given that his excuse persists for the entire time (allocated for that prayer). Whenever his excuse is removed, based on obligatory precaution he should perform wuÃÙ for subsequent prayers.
