THAT WHICH DOES NOT BREAK THE WUDHU

There are twenty things that do not break the Wudhu:
1. When visible blood does not flow out of the wound.
2. When meat, dry skin, etc fall off the body without blood or discharge (e.g. leprosy).
3. Any insect coming out of the ears, nose or the mouth.
4. Touching one’s own genitals.
5. When vomiting less than a mouthful.
6. Phlegm, even if it is more than a mouthful.
7. To sleep in such a manner that your buttocks are completely on the ground.
8. To lean in such a position that if the object leaned upon is removed, the person will not fall.
9. To sleep in Ruku or Sajdah whilst one is performing it in the correct Sunnat manner (i.e. with alertness present in the limbs).
10. Laughing inaudibly or smiling during Salaat.
11. Emission of milk from a woman’s breasts.
12. Becoming naked or looking at another person nakedness.
13. Haircut, removal of moustache, trimming of the beard or cutting the nails after Wudhu.
14. Embracing or caressing between male and female (Mahrams).
15. Emission of fluids (which are not napaak- impure) from the body like tears, sweat, etc.
16. Bleaching, even if it smells.
17. Changing the napkins of a baby or an ill adult.
18. Spreading lies.
19. Back biting.
20. Committing a minor sin.