PAPER # 4 (continued from last
week)
Purification of the Soul
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The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his progeny) said: ï؟½The example of
the five (daily) prayers is like that of a clear-water river flowing in front
of your houses in which a person washes himself five times a day ï؟½ cleansing
him from all dirt.ï؟½ Kanzul `Ummal, Volume 7, Tradition 18931
WUDHU
(ABLUTION)
(according
to the FATAWA of Ayatullah al-Uzama Sayyid Ali al-Husaini Sistani
Dama-Dhilluhu)
Sources:
Islamic Laws, Jurisprudence Made Easy, and The Ritual and Spiritual Purity
by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (unless otherwise specified)
iii. The Acts of Wudhu:
8. The place
where wudhu is being performed must be mubah (lawful), that is,
you must be its owner or you must have the permission to use it.
9. The
container of the water used for wudhu must be mubah (lawful),
that is, you must be its owner or you must have the permission to use it.
10. As an
obligatory precaution, the container of the water used for wudhu should
not be made of gold or silver.
11. In normal situation, it is wajib for one to perform wudhu
by himself, without the help of others. However, help in the preliminaries such
as fetching the water, pouring out the water, is allowed. There is no problem
in a person pouring water into the hands of another person so that the latter
may do the wudhu by himself. What is not allowed is if the former pours
water on the forearm or the face of the latter.
In case of disability because of illness,
etc., someone else may help; but in such a case, it is necessary for both, the
helper and the helped, to do the niyyat.
12. Correct
Order (tartib): Every act in performing the wudhu must be done in
the prescribed order: first the washing of the face, then of the right
fore-arm, and then of the left fore-arm, followed by the wiping of the head,
then of the right foot, and lastly of the left foot.
13.
Continuity (muwalat): The acts of wudhu must follow each other,
without time gap in between.
Q)
Please, give a short account of how
wudhu is performed?
A) The act of wudhu
consists of washing the face and the fore-arms, and wiping the head and the feet. These six parts of human
body - face, both fore-arms, head and
both feet are known as "the organs of wudhu".
Wudhu by
itself is always a recommendable act in Islamic rituals, but it becomes
obligatory in certain cirï؟½cumstances. One of such circumstances is the daily
ritual prayers; and therefore it is important for every Muslim to know the
method of wudhu and its rules.
In wudhu, it is obligatory to wash
the face and fore-arms, and to wipe the front portion of the head and the upper
part of two feet.
Before starting the wudhu,
make sure that the front part of your head and the top side of your feet are
dry; otherwise your wudhu will not be correct because the water on your
head or feet is `new' water. However, slight wetness or dampness can do no harm
to your wudhu unless it is so much that the wetness of palms, while
wiping the head or feet, is immediately mixed with it.
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