Does changing clothes nullify ablution?

Is changing dress after doing wuzu (ablution) allowed? If allowed, what are the conditions?

Answer

Changing dress after ablution is permissible as the principle according to our scholars is,

The essence of things is permissibility

This means that everything is permissible unless prohibited. There is nothing that prohibits one from changing dress after performing ablution therefore it is permissible. It is not mentioned amongst the nawaaqid (nullifiers) of ablution and therefore the ablution will not be affected. However, one should remember that it is not permissible to uncover the satr (that which must be covered) in front of other than one’s marital partner. This is a forbidden act and if committed after ablution, the ablution becomes makrooh (disliked) and better to repeat it.

And verily Allah knows best.

Zahid Hussain Al-Qadri
(Beggar at the doorstep of Scholars)