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Islamic QA for North America

Clean or Ignore?

Q: If a person’s nose begins dripping in Salaah, what should he/she do? Should the person wipe their nose with a tissue or ignore it and continue with his Salaah?

A. If a person has a runny nose, it is better for them to blow their nose than to sniffle, make weird sounds, wipe it on their sleeves, and the like.  The individual should take out a tissue, handkerchief, or the thing they use to wipe their nose, wipe or blow the nose as to take out the maximum amount of impurity, and continue their Salaah. All this should be done with the least amount of body movements. Preferred that it all be done with one hand as well.  In other words, if a person sees you doing all this, they must still think you are in Salaah, or just a nose blower!

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