whether they are specific or common. Specific relative pronouns are those that indicate the singular, dual, and plural, such as “the one who,” “the two who,” and “those who.”

Common relative pronouns are those applicable to the singular and other forms, such as “whoever” and “whatever.” Thus, his statement, “anything that emerges from either passage,” includes everything that emerges.

“From either passage” is unrestricted and includes the front and rear private parts. It is called a “passage” because it is a route through which something exits.

His statement, “anything that emerges,” is general and includes what normally emerges and what does not normally emerge; it includes that which is pure and that which is impure (1). What normally emerges includes urine, feces, and wind from the rear passage. Allah Most High says:

“Or one of you has come from relieving himself.” [al-Ma'idah 5:6]

In the hadith of Safwan ibn Assal: “Rather, [ablution is invalidated] by urination, defecation, and sleep.” (2)

And in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah and Abdullah ibn Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them: “He should not leave until he hears a sound or notices an odor.” (3) …..

What does not normally emerge includes wind from the front private part.

The jurists, may Allah have mercy on them, differed concerning whether wind emerging from the front private part invalidates ablution. Some of them held that it does invalidate it, and this is the established position of the school (4).