Does makeup break invalidate your Wudu?
It Depends.
We have discussed previously that makeup with Haram ingredients will invalidate your wudu. But apart from this, even makeup that is halal can get in the way of a proper wudu.
Wudu, or ablution, is the act of washing oneself according to Islamic procedure and is often completed prior to performing prayers, or touching the Qur'an.
In order for your wudu to be valid the water you use must reach your skin. If the makeup you are wearing is causing a barrier then your wudu is not complete.
Nail Polish is a well-known cosmetic product that invalidates the wudu, but there are many other types of cosmetics that may or may not be affecting the validity of your wudu.
It is always beneficial to educate yourself in this because generally there are three types of women you will meet. One who is completely oblivious to the fact that her makeup may be invalidating her wudu, the second who knows but doesn't care, and the third who blatantly tells any women that her prayer is not accepted because of her makeup.You don't want to be any of these women. You want to be the educated woman, who is completely comfortable in her makeup and knows very well if her makeup is halal or haram.
MASCARA
-whether waterproof or not you need to properly get rid of your mascara in order for your wudu to be valid.
-your eye lashes are part of the face, and thus each lash must be touched with water. Mascara generally forms a barrier.
-Advice: Wear mascara after Magrib prayer, and do Isha once you come home (if you can't hold your wudu). Or only wear mascara during your special time of the month.
LIPSTICK/LIPGLOSS
-If you can see your lipstick is creating a barrier between the skin and the water then it's invalidating your wudu. How do you know if it's creating a barrier? If water forms little circular balls all over your lips, it means that the water can't get past the lip-product to your lips.
-Advice: wear a lipstain instead
FOUNDATION/CONCEALER
-Once again, you have to make the decision here. If you can tell the foundation is too heavy and is creating a barrier, it has to come off.
EYELINER
-Touch your eyeliner. Do you feel a heavy coat of eyeliner. Generally the long-lasting eyeliner, or the gel-liners appear to cause a barrier. The cheap eyeliners, or the one that easily smudge tend not to be a problem
-Advice: You can always put eyeliner on your top and bottom waterline. This won't invalidate your wudu.
EYESHADOW
-This is a personal decision. Some sisters feel the need to remove their eyeshadow, I personally don't.
I think any sort of powder product does not invalidate the wudu . The only "if" factor here is whether the primer causes a barrier.
The information above gives you a basic outline of what is going to invalidate your wudu and what is not. However, the general rule for any makeup product is your personal investigation of it. Everyone is using a different product on their face, so it's not fair to state that someones makeup is invalidating their wudu if you have no idea what that specific product is like.
If you're a makeup lover this may bum you out. How do you wear makeup then if you have to take it off?
1. Most parties are in the evening. Do your wudu right before you put on your makeup. Most of the time you'll get Asar and Zhur at home, and it's only Magrib you have to worry about.
2. Carry makeup removing wipes, and extra makeup so you can re-do your makeup after wudu.
3. Skip the mascara, and wear eyeliner on your water line.
4. Carry your lipstick shade with you
5. Go all-out when it's your time-of-the-month
6. Remember your wudu is only benefiting you, and that you should be honest with yourself.
MOST IMPORTANT!
Don't judge each other. If you see a woman who doesn't want to take off her makeup, then leave her alone.After you've said your part, your job is finish. Remember that these rules are not easy for everyone, and some sisters need more time to take the rule to heart. Your job is just to inform them, what they choose to do with that information is up to them.
Maria wonderful post. Very educating.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, I'm really happy you enjoyed it :)
Deletejazaakilaahu khayran for clarifying some of the misconceptions of makeup
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DeleteAnd Jazzakallahu Kahyrun for your thoughtful comment.
Awesome article! :) It's fantastic and really clears up a lot of the confusion in regards to make up and wudhu.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this up! :D
This is a topic I really don't understand and no one seems to want to talk about or be truly honest about. Most people I've come across think that as long as the makeup is not waterproof, then it means wudu is valid over the makeup. But let's be honest, oily or creamy or thicker products like foundation, eyeliner, and makeup base each effectively cover the areas of the face that they are applied on (analogous to how you say mascara effectively covers the lashes) in such a fashion that no meaningful amount of water gets to the actual face. This is especially true nowadays with the considerable amounts of makeup women wear, especially our hijab fashionistas and some women from certain Middle Eastern countries, but really just the average girl from anywhere. We're not just applying kohl on the waterline and dying our lips anymore. No, what we're doing is applying foundation, face powder, eyelid base, eyeshadow, eyeliner in the waterlines and above and below the eyes, mascara, lip liner and lipstick, primer, and some girls use even more. In writing this sounds like a huge overload, but in person it looks like things we see in a normal day all the time. This is how deeply accustomed modern women are to "fixing up" their face - there's a total different person under there.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Prophet taught others wudu, did he mean that washing the face is fulfilled by an ever-tiny amount of water molecules barely touching some surface skin cells, or did he actually mean that the whole surface of face needs to be washed? Remember, washing is different than simply splashing or dripping water on and then dabbing it dry, and when we attempt to wash the face while makeup is on it, effectively what is being washed (over and off) is actually the makeup, not the face. The makeup covers the face, and that's why we technically need removers/cleansers in order to get all the makeup off (water alone, especially in wudu fashion, is not sufficient), and that's why skincare products/cleansing and moisturizing products always instruct us to have all of our makeup removed so that what we wash and/or apply on is the actual face. Seems pretty common sense stuff to me, but Muslims (including scholars) are debating whether their face is getting washed properly during wudu if they have makeup on and whether (supposedly) "breathable" nail polish allows us to properly wash over the nails. I guess the only requirement for wudu is that the skin (and facial hair) barely get wet for a couple seconds with several molecules? I wish a group of well-known scholars would sit down and review each general type of product with makeup creators and artists and apply their fiqhi knowledge for the broad public to see and utilize. Scholarly panels should be taking place about all sorts of modern issues, not just this.
Thanks a lot! I've been wondering if I need to remove my lip stain or not because I remembered hearing somewhere that we're allowed to wudhu with 'celak'or kohl (I think that's the english word) due to the reason that it absorbs into the skin or something like that. The same goes to dyeing our hair with henna. But, I was unsure about the lip stain bit though...
ReplyDeleteWaterproof products create the barrier, don't they?
ReplyDeleteTnks,i really enjoined
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