Fathwa, - Ruling on sensing wetness in the underwear while praying

Question
I might discharge urine after relieving myself, given that I wipe my
penis carefully after urinating. Is this considered urinary
incontinence? What should I do in this situation? This might happen to
me during ablution or during prayer. I am psychologically
distressedbecause of this problem. If this happens to me, what should
I do concerning the coming prayer? Should I perform ablution normally,
or should I just wipe over my clothes, on the inside and the outside?
Note that when I wipe over myunderwear I feel really embarrassed; for
it seemsas if I have wet myself .
And, if I should wipe overmy underwear, how may I identify the exact
area I should wipe that is contaminated with urine? My colleague told
me that he heard Shaykh Muhammad Hassaan say that a man who suffers
from whispers of urinary discharge after relieving himself should tell
himself that this wetness is the water that he used for Istinjaa'.
Please adviseme in this regard. May Allaah reward you .
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
If you are sure that what you experience is urine discharge and that
you cannot control it, then it is urinary incontinence, and you may
resort to a doctor for treatment. As for the Islamic ruling on the
prayer of a person who suffers from urinary or gas incontinence, he
should perform ablution for each prayer and washhis private parts
thoroughly. Moreover, you may use a cloth to prevent your clothes from
being stained by the urine, and then pray even if discharges occur.
Such a person should perform ablution as clarified, perform the due
prayer, the voluntaryprayers, and recite the Quran as usual. When
thenext prayer is due, he should perform ablution anew and pray.
However, if these are mere whispers and there is no real urine
discharge, then you should perform ablution and sprinkle some water on
your underclothes, so that if you feel any moisture, you may consider
it just water.
Abu Daawood , An-Nasaa'i , Al-Haakim , Ahmad , Ad-Daarimi ,
'Abdur-Razzaaq and Al-Bayhaqi reported that the Prophet , used to
sprinkle some water on his private parts after Istinjaa'. Ibn 'Umar
used to sprinkle a lot of water.
Many of our righteous predecessors maintained that one should not cut
his prayer if he experiences such wetness. 'Abdur-Raaziq reported in
his book Al-Musannaf on the authority of Abu Farwah: "I used to feel
wetness while I was praying. Accordingly, I would cut the prayer to
perform ablution again and againwithin one hour. So I asked Ibn
Al-Musayyib and he said: " Do not depart from the obligatory prayer. "
I thought he misunderstood me and took my situation for mere whispers,
so I added, " It is not a small portion; the wetness mayreach my feet
or the ground. " He replied: " Do not cut the prayer. If you feel
that, just let your clothes absorb it . "
A man who was with the Imaam asked me: "Did you understand what
theImaam told you? He meant that you should wash your clothes after
prayer; as I had missed this part of his answer. I did what the Imaam
told me and it was not long before I ceased to experience this
anymore.
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