Jabirah (splint or cast)

Jabirah is a splint or cast: a firm covering placed over an injured part of the body.

What it means for me: The answers here meet the word when wudu must be done with an injured limb. One answer says not wiping over the jabirah invalidates ablution, according to most scholars. Wiping over a covering is called mash.

Example: A man breaks his forearm and leaves the clinic in a cast. Before the next prayer he wonders how wudu works with it on. He looks for the right word to search.

Do not confuse with: A medical bandage or a medical sock. Neither is a splint, but two answers give each one the splint ruling in a stated case. Take a medical bandage where harm or hardship is feared from removing it. One answer says it takes the ruling of the jabirah. It adds that you may wipe over it and wash the rest of the exposed part of the limb. Then there is the medical sock. Another says if removing it would harm the patient or delay healing, it takes the splint ruling. It adds that it is wiped over in full.

Where it appears in rulings: The three answers above are the ones this entry draws on. It reports them and adds no ruling of its own. For your own injury, ask a mufti.