The Ruling on Rubbing in Ablution and the Full Ritual Bath
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner Abu Sultan says: Is it required for a Muslim to rub his body when he wants to perform ablution from major ritual impurity?
Answer:
It is obligatory to bring the water to the entire body in the full ritual bath, and to bring it to every limb in the ablution. This is the meaning of perfecting the ablution, completing it, and finishing it, such that nothing of the skin or of the limb remains without the water reaching it. As for rubbing, it is a recommended practice (sunnah). If it is done, it is better, because by it one knows that the water has reached and been conveyed to the body or to the limb. If it is not done, it is sufficient for the water to flow over the limb or over the body. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner Abu Sultan says: Is it required for a Muslim to rub his body when he wants to perform ablution from major ritual impurity?
Answer:
It is obligatory to bring the water to the entire body in the full ritual bath, and to bring it to every limb in the ablution. This is the meaning of perfecting the ablution, completing it, and finishing it, such that nothing of the skin or of the limb remains without the water reaching it. As for rubbing, it is a recommended practice (sunnah). If it is done, it is better, because by it one knows that the water has reached and been conveyed to the body or to the limb. If it is not done, it is sufficient for the water to flow over the limb or over the body. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7309 — youtube.com (14:33)
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