Blessings of Wudu
The Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ والیہ وسلم says : ‘During Wudu, when a man washes his hands, the sins of his hands are washed away; when he washes his face, the sins of his face are washed away; when he wipes his head, the sins of his head are washed away and when he washes his feet, the sins of his feet are washed away.
Faraid of wudu
There are four faraid of wudu
1.To wash the face
2.To wash both arms including the elbow
3.To pass wet hand over a quarter of head
4.To wash both feet including the ankles
Method of wudu
let`s learn method of wudu in 9 steps:
1. Intention
An intention is a firm resolution which you make in your heart. With the intention being present in the heart, it is preferable to verbally pronounce it. Hence you should say, ‘I am doing Wudu in order to fulfil a commandment of Allah and attain purity’.
2. Saying بسم اللہ
Recite بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم or in-fact one should says بسم اللہ والحمد للہ so the angles will continue to write good deeds for you for as long as you are in the state of Wudu.
3. Washing hands three times
Wash your both hands up to the wrists three times.
4. Rinsing mouth three times
Clean your teeth by miswak or something else. With the handfuls of water using right hand rinse your mouth three times.
5. Sniffing water in to the nose
Sniff as much water as can be taken in half of one’s right cupped hand three times up to the soft part of the nose and clean your nose using your left hand and insert your smallest finger into your nostrils, and remember the tap should be closed every time.
It is a sin to waste water by leaving your tap open fully or partially without any Shari’ah reason.
6. Washing face three times
Wash your face in such a way that water must flow on every part pf your face from the top of your forehead, i.e. the hairline, to below your chin and from one earlobe to the other three times.
7. Washing both hands three times
wash your right forearm from the tips of your fingers up to and including your elbow three times and wash your left forearm in the same way.
8. Wipe the head once
Wipe the head. Excluding the index fingers and thumbs, join the tips of the three fingers of both hands and place them on the skin or hair of the forehead. Take these fingers (pressing them gently) from the forehead all the way to the back of the neck without touching palms to the head. Then bring back the palms from the back of the neck to the forehead. During this, the index fingers and thumbs should not touch the head at all. Then use your index fingers to wipe the insides of your ears; your thumbs to wipe the backs of your ears; insert your small fingers into the openings of your ears, and wipe the back of your neck using the backs of the fingers of both hands.
9. Washing both feet
Wash both feet three times, first the right and then the left, beginning from the toes up to the top of the ankles.
Dua after wudu
Recite the followings dua after wudu:
1. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِين
Translation: O Allah! Make me amongst those who repent abundantly and make me amongst those who remain pure.
2. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَريـكَ لَـهُ وَأَشْهَدُأَنَّ مُحَمّـداً عَبْـدُهُ وَرَسـولُـه
Translation: I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.
It is stated in a Hadis. “Whoever makes Wudu properly and recites kalimah shahdah, all 8 doors of heaven are opened for him so that he may enter through any door he likes.
Difference between Washing and wiping
Washing a part of body means flowing at least two drops of water on each part of the body part.
and wiping the head means passing the wet hand only
If you have wet a body part by rubbing a wet hand over it or have flowed only one drop of water over it, it will not be considered to have been washed; nor will Wudu or Gusul be valid in this case.
(May ALLAH grant us the ability to perform wudu correctly Aameen)
