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Wearing false teeth and making wudhoo

Question: If a person wears dentures (false teeth), is it obligatory upon him to remove them when rinsing the mouth (during wudhoo.)?

Response: If a person wears dentures, then that which is apparent is that it is not obligatory upon him to remove them, (since this) resembles the (issue concerning wearing a) ring; and it is not obligatory to remove the ring when making wudhoo, rather, it is better to move it (around), but (even) this is not obligatory because the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) used to wear (a ring) and it has not been transmitted (form him) that he used to take it off during wudhoo. And this is the most apparent (of the opinions) since the (false) teeth prevent the water reaching (all parts of the mouth), especially since some people experience much difficulty in removing them and then (afterwards) replacing them.

Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen

Fataawa Muhimmah li-Nisaa. al-Ummah - Page 40

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Published: 25 April 2006