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Wudu
| Q. | What is Wudu? | | A. | Wudu is the act of washing those part of the body which are generally exposed. |
| Q. | How do you perform the Wudu? | | A. | I perform the Wudu in the following manner:-
(1) I make myself sure that the water with which I am going to perform Wudu is pure, clean and fresh (not used before) and its color, taste and smell are unchaged.
(2) I form and have the full intention of performing the Wudu for offering prayer.
(3)I recite: "Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim", i.e., in the name of of Allah, the Beneficiant, the Merciful.
(4) I then wash my hands upto the wrists three times, passing the fingers in each other.(Step No.1)
(5) I cleanse my mouth with brush or finger and gargle with water three time.(Step No.2)
(6) Then I rinse the nostrils thrice with water.(Step No. 3)
(7) I wash the face from the forehead to the chin bone and from ear to ear three times. (Step No.4)
(8) I then wash the right arm followed by the left upto the elbow three times. (Step No.5)
(9) I then brush up the whole head with web hands, pass the wet tips of the index finger inside and the wet tips of the thumb outside the ears, and pass over the other surface of the hands over the nape and the sides of the neck. (Step No.6-7)
(10) I then wash the feet upto the ankle, the right foot first and then the left, taking taking care to wash in between toes, each three times. |
| Q. | What are the Obligatory Acts in performance of Wudu? | | A. | The Obligatory Acts in the performace of Wudu are four, vis:-
(1) Washing the face.
(2) Washing both the arms upto the elbows.
(3) Brushing over a quarter of the head with wet hands.
(4) Washing both feet upto the ankles.
Notes:
(1) If the water to be used for Wudu be stagnant, one should make sure that the cistern measures ten yards by ten yards by one foot and is full of water.
(2)If a person wears impermeable foot-gear after the performance of the Wudu, it is not necessary to remove it for a fresh Wudu. One may just pass over it wet fingers as if one were tracing lines on it. Travellers can take advantage of this consession for three days and three nights, other for one day and one night. |
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