Sunday 21 Jumada al-akhirah 1446 - 22 December 2024
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Does Applying Cream invalidate wudu?

Question

Does the cream which people use on their hands and face invalidate wudu or not?

Summary of answer

Applying cream on the face does not break wudu nor does it break the fast.

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

For a woman to use cream on her face does not break wudu, neither does it break one’s fast. Similarly, using lipstick does not break one’s wudu or one’s fast . When one is fasting and these cosmetics have any flavor, they should not be used in any way that may lead to the flavour reaching the throat. 

And Allah knows best.

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Source: Majmoo’ Fataawa Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, vol. 11, p. 201