Question
A company in Poland has just invented a nail polish dubbed 'breathable'. Muslim females are buying and using this nail polish. They are being told that water penetrates the polish, wetting the nails, hence wudhu is valid. The manufacturing company explains that scientifically, water vapour penetrates to the nail, but actual water drops 'do not penetrate' When asked the difference between water and water vapour, the company said that water vapour is a different state/phase of matter other than water in liquid form. I contacted a local Imaam about this matter. His conclusion was: "There is room for debate, and I do feel inclined to its permissibility." If it is assumed that water vapour does reach the nails, but not the actual water, will wudhu be valid? Another scholar has this to say: "Now there is a solution. No, I'm not talking about henna. Most scholars advise it as a substitute while failing to realize just how different henna is from nail polish in the world of f a s h i o n b e a u - ty………..Good news, Inglot Cosmetics, a company from Poland, has released a new line of polish called 02M that it has labelled "breathable nail enamel". It borrows a polymer used in some contact lenses which allows oxygen and moisture to penetrate to the nail…..One sister was told that water vapour reaches the nail but not water in its liquid form. The question then arises about whether water vapour reaching the nail suffices for wudhu?" In his conclusion, the scholar says: "It appears to me that there is a sound basis for believing the water seeps through to the nail when wearing 02M breathable nail polish. Perhaps not every brand which claims to be breathable meets this criteria and perhaps the nails need to be soaked in water for a few seconds. Nonetheless, the basis exists for permissibility….".
Answer
The meandering, rigmarole argument involving Fiqhi technicalities and technological technicalities, is entirely unnecessary and deceptive. The issue concerns a vital issue – the validity of Wudhu and Salaat. The issue is too important to trifle with. If someone informs you that the glass of water you are about to drink contains a drop of a lethal poison which will instantaneously dispatch you into the bowels of death, we are sure that no one will drink the water even if the information is false. But with regard to vital matters pertaining to ibaadat and the Aakhirah, doubts, information, impermissibility rulings, and precautionary warnings are shrugged off. Whatever the nafs desires is fulfilled.
It is surprising and preposterous that after more than 14 centuries of Islam's existence, completion and perfection, 'scholars' are still subjecting a simple issue such as Wudhu to ridiculous polemics, casting overboard the utmost and fundamental importance of the Fardh ibaadat of Salaat.
There is no need to delve into the quagmire of juridical technicalities to gratify the haraam nafsaani desires of lewd women who wish to display their charms like prostitutes to all and sundry in the public domain. It is conceded by the liberals that nail polish is a requisite in the world of fashion and beauty which is a world of zina. In this haraam 'world of beauty and fashion', the female is required to make herself an exhibition of jaahiliyyah. For the attainment of this satanic goal by women who have no care for their Aakhirah, liberal 'scholars'
bend far backwards to placate and gratify these women with fatwas of permissibility which provide impetus for public display of females whom the Shariah has designated Aurah from head to feet.
The technical argument of water and water vapour in relation to the ibaadat of Wudhu and Salaat is moronic stuff. It is the ta'leem of shaitaan, designed to ruin the ibaadat of these unfortunate females who ply the trade of zina in public. Remember that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) has explained a variety of zina dimensions, and he has described a woman with perfume outside the home as an adulteress.
Confound the explanation of the Polish company. Their
02M is haraam. The Shariah requires water to be applied to every millimeter of the limb to be washed. Water vapour is NOT water. Islam does not fetter the Ummah with intricate technical details of atoms and molecules, and the rest of scientific bunkum which shaitaan whispers into the minds of the liberal, modernist 'scholars' who are astray and who mislead others. The Hadith predicts the utilization of these stupid and deceptive technicalities to hoodwink and mislead Muslims. In this age, such stup i d t e c h n i c a l 'technological' arguments have been accorded the statuts of being muhallilaat (legalizers of haraam). Thus pictures of ani-Health Zone: CONTROVERSY IN THE CHICKEN AND
mate objects are legalized by labelling them photos, videimages, etc. Liquor is legalized with the name ethanol. Riba is legalized by calling it dividend, etc. Now water is described as water vapour.
Those who claim permissibility for the 'water vapour' deception are not scholars. They are morons, for they lack even the understanding of the meaning of water in Islam. They are scandalously ignorant of the fact that Tahaarat is valid only with al-maaul mutlaq – natural water in the meaning of the Shariah. Only if the water retains its natural properties, in particular its property of flowing (sailaan), will the Shar'i definition of water be applicable. If the substance does not flow freely on the limbs, Tahaarat is not valid with such 'water'. When the natural properties of water change, it will not longer be termed al-maaul mutlaq in the Shariah. Whilst a change of some properties to a degree is acceptable, the sailaan should remain unaffected, and the water must be able to flow from the limbs in order for it to be known as water in Shar'i terms. Water vapour has none of the properties of al-maaul mutlaq. By no stretch of Shar'i logic can water vapour ever be termed water.
When they are ignorant of even the meaning of water, their views and fatwas will be the opinions of juhala. They are astray and lead astray the dumb masses as mentioned by Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) – "Dhalloo wa adhalloo".
These liberal, misguided scholars should issue a fatwa that for ease and comfort, the whole wudhu may be made with water vapour. Just invent a water-vapour contraption and let the vapour pass over the wudhu limbs and deceive yourself that you have wudhu and are performing Salaat with wudhu.
Besides this, there is no absolute certitude regarding the permeability of the substance. Also there are other brands of the 'breathable' satanic substance which are not claimed to be permeable, and which will confuse the lewd women. Permissibility fatwas will make them more careless and addict the women to haraam and bestow religious acceptability to their exhibitions of jaahiliyyah.
The women who have some concern for their Imaan and the Aakhirah should understand well that it is haraam to use this new satanic nail polish. Wudhu is Not valid. So too, Salaat will not be valid.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 21 No 10
- PDF page
- 10
Appears under "BREATHABLE NAIL POLISH" (approximate).