Does Lying Or Backbiting Break One's Wudu?

Does Lying Or Backbiting Break One's Wudu?

A man once asked the Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Sayyidi Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Alaihir Rahmah:

"If someone, while in a state of wudu, tells a lie, engages in backbiting, or uses foul language, does this invalidate his wudu?"

Sayyidi Ala Hazrat Alaihir Rahmah replied:

"It is recommended that he renew his wudu. If, however, he were to perform the Salaah with the same wudu, the Salaah would still be valid, though he would have acted against what is recommended."

(Malfoozaat-e-Ala Hazrat, Volume 3, Page 381-Maktabatul Madinah, Karachi)

From this it becomes clear that the Sacred Shariah encourages us to care not only for outward purity but also for inward purification.