Your wudu is valid if you wipe over the dressing or pass water over it.
Wiping over dressings that have been placed on wounds
Question 22178
There is something like abscesses on my leg, and the treatment is to wrap the site of the abscesses with a dressing so that water does not reach it when I do wudu. What is the ruling on wudoo’ in this case?.
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah:
Ablution Before Prayer
Source:
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah. From Majallat al-Buhooth al-Islamiyyah, 59/139
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