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The Purpose ofWudu

Posted on July 21, 2012 by ashsalman0

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The Purpose of Wudu

My Testimony OfFaith

(Ablution)

Does the Quran deny the

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O you who believe, when you get up to observe the Salat, you shall wash
your faces and your arms to the elbows, and wipe your heads and your feet to
the ankles.5:6

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This is the ablution decreed in the Quran. It consists of four simple steps:

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1 Wash the face

2 Wash the arms to the elbows

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3 Wipe the head

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4 Wipe the feet to the ankles.

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But is this the ablution that is performed by 99% of Muslims today?

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The answer is no!

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In spite of this very clear command in the Quran, the majority of Muslims
today perform their ablution in a different way. The ablution they perform is
taken from the sunna (methods of the Prophet).

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They follow an ablution which they believe is how the prophet Muhammad
performed. In addition to the four steps prescribed in the Quran, they also
wash the hands to the wrists, the mouth, the nose (nostrils), the ears, and the
neck.

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They argue that since Al-Nazafah min al-Imaan or (cleanliness is an

attribute of good faith), as their hadith says, then the more steps one performs
to achieve better cleanliness is encouraged.

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Performing these additional steps in ablution, none of which are in the Quran,
compels us to ask the following questions:
1-Is it conceivable that the Prophet whom we are told in the Quran was a
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fine example for the believers (33:21), and who was commanded very
firmly by God to follow only what was revealed to him (46:9 and 10:15), has
in fact disregarded the Quranic ablution and devised his own version of
ablution?

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2-And if the Prophet devised a different method for ablution, would that mean
that the ablution prescribed in the Quran by God is inadequate? Has the
Prophet in fact devised a better method of ablution?

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3-All this ultimately leads to the crucial question: is physical cleanliness the
main purpose and aim of ablution after all?
The only answer to the first and second questions must be the negative. The
Prophet could never have devised or followed a different format for ablution
than what God gave him in the Quran.

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As to the third question one must pose and reflect on the following thoughts:
If the primary purpose of ablution was in fact cleanliness why did God not
command us to wash under our arms (arm pits), or our private parts, or better
still to take a bath? Surely those parts of our body are more in need of
washing than ones face! If the primary purpose of ablution was cleanliness
why did God only say wipe your heads and not wash your heads? Surely,
wiping the head does not properly clean it!
The obvious and rational answer to these
ablution cannot be primarily for physical
more than a simple command from God to
to obey God in four simple steps or will
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questions is that the purpose of

cleanliness. Ablution is nothing
test our obedience. Are we going
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This test is in fact identical to the test given to Adam and Eve with regards to
the forbidden tree. Why did God place the forbidden tree among all the others
and warn Adam not to eat its fruit? Obviously there was nothing wrong with
the fruit of the tree because when Adam and Eve ate its fruit no physical harm
befell them, however Adam and Eve failed in the simple test of obedience to
God. The devil tricked them exactly in the same way he is tricking millions of
Muslims today into disobeying the simplest of Gods commands!
Satans tricks are always the same, God Almighty has warned us that the devil
will entice us with lies and illusions. In the case of Adam, the devil tricked
him into believing that the fruit of the forbidden tree is better than the others
saying:
O Adam let me show you the tree of eternity and unending kingship20:120
Similarly, in the case of ablution the devil has enticed the millions into
believing that there is a better way than the one prescribed by God! To make it
more convincing, he has tricked us into believing that the Prophet followed
the improved ablution! In reality the Prophet is innocent of all these
fabricated lies ascribed to him. There is no doubt whatsoever that the Prophet
must have followed Gods commands in the Quran by the letter without
altering them.
If cleanliness was the issue exploited by Satan to instill his poison, we find

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that God has given us sufficient indications in the Quran to confirm that
ablution is merely a test of obedience and not a matter of cleanliness, they are:
First: The parts of the body addressed in the Quranic ablution (5:6) are not the
parts of the body that need cleansing the most (under the arm pits and private
parts are more in need of frequent cleansing).
Second: Why did God command us to wash the faces and arms but only wipe
the heads? Since wiping the head does not really clean it, it must be taken as
another indication from God to confirm that physical cleanliness is not the
main issue, and that obeying Gods simple commands is the real issue and
test.
Third: The third confirmation is found in the following verse:
if you are ill or travelling, or you had urinary or fecal-related
excretion, or physically contacted the women, and you cannot find water, you
shall observe Tayammum (dry ablution), by touching clean dry soil, then
wiping your faces and hands therewith.4:43
The very important observation here is that the one who has just been to the
toilet or has just had sex with his/her spouse really needs to wash their private
parts and not the face and hands! However, and in the absence of water, the
command from God is to wipe the face and the hands in dry ablution (which
obviously will not clean the private parts). Once again this confirms that the
whole issue of ablution is not one of physical cleanliness, but simply a test of
obedience.
Sadly, this is the route taken by millions of Muslims throughout the world.
Not only do they add their own innovations to Gods simple commands, but
they also add the most ridiculous conditions possible. Some will tell you that
if the water slides from your elbow to your wrist that your ablution is void,
and that the correct method is for the water to slide in the opposite direction!
Others will quote hadith stipulating ridiculous things like the importance of
sneezing upon waking up, and the method of sneezing .. etc!
God tells us in the Quran two pieces of knowledge that come to mind in
connection to the issue of ablution and the arguments of such people:
1-God has created the human being, and thus God knows us perfectly well.
God knows that no matter how simple His commands may be, yet the human
being will always argue unnecessarily ..
We have cited in this Quran every kind of example, but the human being is
the most argumentative creature.18:54
2-Reference can also be made to the story of the people of Israel when they
were commanded to sacrifice a heifer (young cow), but they went on
dithering and demanding all sorts of unnecessary clarifications, when the
command was very simple for them to execute (see Sura 2, verses 67-74)
Finally, we must also mention the word taharah (purification) and its
connection to the subject of ablution. Does taharah mean physical
cleanliness as many Muslims believe or does it have a different meaning?
Let us read some of the Quranic verses that speaks of taharah:

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The angels said, O Mary, God has chosen you and tahharik (purified
you). He has chosen you from all the women.3:42
It is obvious here that God did not take Mary and physically clean her! The
word tahharik used here is related to spiritual purity.
Take from their money a charity to tuttaherahum (purify them) and
sanctify them.9:103
Once again it is clear that this command, which is directed to the messenger,
is to take a donation to charity from the believers so as to purify them
spiritually (and not to clean them physically).
God does not wish to yotahir qulubahum (purify their hearts). They
have incurred humiliation in this world, and in the Hereafter, they will suffer
a terrible retribution.5:41
Once again, the meaning here is of spiritual cleansing and not the physical
cleansing of the heart.
The Quran stresses that the concept of taharah (spiritual purity) is attained
through worshipping God and submitting to His commands and to His Will,
and not through scrubbing away at our limbs!
Through our obedience to God and His law (the command in 5:6 is one
example) and without arguing, amending and altering His commands, we
would indeed attain the taharah (spiritual purity) which moves us closer to
our God and our Creator.
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