Rinsing the mouth with one handful and sniffing water into the nose with another

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person rinses his mouth with one handful and sniffs water into his nose with another, is his wudu' valid or not?

Answer:
This is permissible. It is permissible for him to use one handful for rinsing the mouth and a separate handful for sniffing water into the nose. This is permissible, but it is better for him to divide one single handful between rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose; that is what is better. Yes. Otherwise, if he takes one handful and rinses his mouth with it three times, and takes a second handful and sniffs water into his nose with it three times, that is also permissible. But this is called separating them. What is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is that he did not separate between rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose, as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said.