السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته احسن الله إليك I have an injured nostril piercing. Sniffing & blowing water during wudu prevents healing & has been causing a large bump to form. I need to keep the area dry until it heals. How should I complete wudu for my nostrils in this case? بارك الله فيك

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

Rinsing the nose is not an obligation of wudu on the correct saying, so leave it while the piercing heals and your wudu is valid. Those scholars who hold it obligatory, like Imam Ibn Baz, said that when water harms the nose you complete your wudu without it and then make tayammum for it.