Fiqh of Worship I

Professor Dr. Ibrahim Dremali

Textbook A Summary of Islamic Jurisprudence By: Salih Al-Fawzan

UNIT I

PURIFICATION

Chapter 6

Ablution (Wudu)

O you who believe! When you intend to offer As-Salat, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, rub your heads, and wash your feet up to ankles. [Surah al-Maidah 5:6]
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The Meaning of Wudu

Linguisitic Defintion
To wash ones face, hands, arms, head and feet with clean water

The Parts of Wudu

Parts of Wudu
Conditions (Pre-requisites) Obligations (Obligatory acts) Sunan (Recommended acts)

The Virtues of Wudu

When a slave makes ablution and rinses his mouth, his wrong deeds fall from it. As he rinses his nose, his wrong deeds fall from it. When he washes his face, his wrong deeds fall from it until they fall from beneath his eyelashes. When he washes his hands, his wrong deeds fall from them until they fall from beneath his fingernails. When he wipes his head, his wrong deeds fall from it until they fall from his ears. When he washes his feet, his wrong deeds fall from them until the fall from beneath his toenails. Then his walking to the mosque and his prayer give him extra reward. [Malik, Nasaee, Ibn Majah, Hakim]
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The Conditions of Wudu

Conditions of Wudu
1. 2. 3. 4. Being a Muslim Being mentally sound Having discretion Having the intention of performing ablution

Additional Points
1. Gel, nail polish

Obligations of Wudu
6 Obligatory Acts of Wudu
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Washing the whole face Washing the forearms including the elbows Wiping over the whole head Washing the feet including the ankles Sequence Succession

As-Sunan al-Wudu
The Recommended Acts of the Wudu
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Using siwak Washing the hands three times Rinsing the mouth Rinsing the nose Inserting ones wet fingers into the beard and in between fingers 6. Washing the face, hands, and feet up to three times instead of once
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As-Sunan al-Wudu
The Recommended Acts of the Wudu
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Wiping over the head once Starting with the right side and then the left Rubbing the limbs with water Sequence Wiping the ears Avoid using too much water Not making duaa during wudu Praying 2 Rakat after the wudu
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Chapter 7

Way of Performing Wudu

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Intention Tasmiyah Wash the hands three times Rinse the mouth three times, then the nose three times Wash the face three times Wash the hands up to the elbows three times Wipe over the whole head once Wash the feet three times, including the ankles Make duaa
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