Support IslamQA

Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah.

The difference between maniy and wadiy

01-02-2001

Question 10540

I often pass a thick white liquid. How do I tell the difference between maniy (semen) for which I need to take a bath (ghusl) and that which the fuqaha’ call wadiy?

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

“Wadiy” in Arabic refers to the thick white fluid which is passed after passing urine. One of the differences between them is that maniy is emitted when there is (sexual) desire, and wadiy is not emitted as a result of sexual desire, it is emitted after passing urine. 

Purity
Show on Islam Q&A website.