Not Sure if he has Broken the Wudoo?

The One who is not Sure if he has Broken the Wudoo or not Relies upon that which he is Certain of !

If he who knows that he has made wudoo then is not sure that he has broken it – then his wudoo remains. And he who knows that he has done that which breaks wudoo and doubts when he has made wudoo thereafter then he does not have wudoo .

In each case he relies upon that which he is certain of before that which he has doubt about – and he throws the doubt away. And this is the saying of the great majority of scholars – and it is the saying of Abu Hanifah, ash-Shaafi’ee and Ahmad.

[‘Al-Mughnee’, 1/193, and ~iqh ul Awaaa’ee, 1/56]

And the proof for this is what is established from Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu ‘anhu) who said:

Rasoolullah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said If one of you feels something in his stomach and he isn’t sure did anything (wind) come out of it or not – then let him not leave the mosque until he hears a sound or finds a smell.

[Muslim (Sharh an-Nawawi, 4/51), ‘Aaridat-ul-Ahwadhee Sharh ut-Tirmidhee, 1/79].

So the hadeeth is a proof that things remain upon their original state until there is a certainty of a change in that, and doubt does not harm that – so he who is sure of having made wudoo and thinks that he may have broken it, then he remains upon wudoo .