Narrated by Abu Hurairah
The prayer of one of you who has broken his wudu is not accepted until he performs wudu.
Sahih al-Bukhari 135, Sahih Muslim 225
What this hadith teaches
Once wudu is broken, for example by passing wind or going to the toilet, it must be renewed before the next prayer.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Abu Hurairah
- Chapter
- Wudu and purity
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
لاَ تُقْبَلُ صَلاَةُ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 135, as given on sunnah.com.