Ahkam in Brief - Wudhu

Summary

This video provides a detailed guide on performing Wudu, the Islamic ritual purification. It outlines the essential steps: washing the face, arms, wiping the head, and feet, ensuring water purity and proper intention. The guide emphasizes sequence, uninterrupted performance, and cleanliness. It also addresses special cases like disability and substitutes for water. Additionally, the video lists actions that invalidate Wudu, such as urination, passing stool, and sleep. This comprehensive tutorial aims to help Muslims maintain spiritual cleanliness for prayers and other rituals.

Takeaways

• 💧 Wudu (ablution) is necessary for daily prayers and other rituals like Tawaf during Hajj or Umrah.
• 🚿 Wudu must be performed with pure, ownerless water, which should not be mixed with any other substances.
• 🧼 The steps of Wudu include washing the face, washing the arms, wiping the head, and wiping the feet.
• 🙏 Intention is crucial; it should be to seek proximity to Allah.
• 👱‍♂️ Wash the face from the hairline to the chin, ensuring the washing is done top to bottom.
• 🤲 Wash the right arm from the elbow to the fingertips using the left hand, and repeat for the left arm with the right hand.
• 🖐 Wipe the front of the head with the right hand while it is still wet, from the top to the hairline, without the forehead.
• 👣 Wipe the right foot with the right hand and the left foot with the left hand, ensuring the parts are dry before wiping.
• ⏳ The actions of Wudu must be sequential and uninterrupted, with each step performed while the previous parts are still wet.
• ❌ Wudu is invalidated by actions such as urination, passing stool, breaking wind, sleep, unconsciousness, minor bleeding, and janaba.

Q & A

What is the purpose of performing Wudu?

Wudu is an act of worship necessary for saying daily prayers and other rituals such as Tawaf around the Kaaba during Hajj or Umrah, touching the writing of the Holy Quran, and other specific rituals.

What type of water can be used for Wudu?

The water used for Wudu must be pure (tahur), ownerless, and not used. It should be clean, like running tap water, and must not be mixed with any other liquids.

What are the four general steps of performing Wudu?

The four general steps are: washing of the face, washing of the arms, wiping of the head, and wiping of the feet.

What should be the intention before performing Wudu?

The intention should be to seek proximity to Allah and nothing else.

How should the face be washed during Wudu?

The face should be washed from the hairline above the forehead to the chin vertically and horizontally as much as the expanse of the hand between the thumb and the middle finger, washing from the top to the bottom of the face.

How should the arms be washed during Wudu?

The right arm should be washed from the elbow to the fingertips using the left hand, and the left arm should be washed in the same way using the right hand.

What is the correct method to wipe the head during Wudu?

With the right hand still wet, wipe the front of the hair from the top of the head to the hairline, ensuring the wiping area is dry before this step.

How are the feet wiped during Wudu?

Both hands should still be wet from the previous steps. Wipe the right foot with the right hand from the toes to the ankle and repeat for the left foot with the left hand.

What general instructions must be observed during Wudu?

All parts of the body engaged in Wudu should be clean. The washing steps must be sequential and uninterrupted. The acts of Wudu should be carried out without delay, and all actions must be performed by oneself unless unable to do so.

What can invalidate Wudu?

Wudu can be invalidated by urination, passing stool, breaking wind, sleep, anything causing unconsciousness, medium and minor menstruation (istihada) for ladies, and janaba.