The Prescribed Number of Washings in Ablution
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding the ablution, is it permissible for a person to wash his hands once, then wash his face three times? Sometimes once, sometimes three times, and sometimes twice?
Answer:
It is obligatory to do it once. What is added to that, up to three times, is a recommended practice (sunnah). What exceeds three times is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding the ablution, is it permissible for a person to wash his hands once, then wash his face three times? Sometimes once, sometimes three times, and sometimes twice?
Answer:
It is obligatory to do it once. What is added to that, up to three times, is a recommended practice (sunnah). What exceeds three times is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 469- عدد الغسلات المشروعة في الوضوء - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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