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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Sunnah of rinsing the mouth and nose in ablution and the dissemination of weaker opinions

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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the women asks that she heard one of the scholars via the media issuing a ruling that rinsing the mouth and nose in ablution is a recommended practice (sunnah), and that it is not obligatory. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
This is not correct, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rinsed his mouth and nose, and his action is an explanation of the Qur'an, an interpretation of the Qur'an, and he also commanded rinsing the mouth and nose, saying
and sniff water up into your nostrils, thoroughly, unless you are fasting.وبالغ في الاستنشاق إلا أن تكون صائما
Sunan Ibn Majah 407Sahih (Darussalam)
. So this is not correct, even if some scholars say it. It is not permissible for a person to answer with the weaker opinions and spread them among the people while they are on the opinion that is chosen and stronger, and then he goes and answers with a weaker opinion and confuses the people with this. This means he shows the people that he knows, or that he is aware?
The scholars are aware, and praise be to Allah, they know all the opinions, but they do not answer with these matters that confuse the people. It is not that everyone who knows something spreads it among the people. Leave it in your memory and with you, and if you want to act on it, act on it yourself and on your own responsibility. But that you show it to the people and confuse them and bring them down from the stronger opinion to the weaker opinion, that is a mistake and a lie. Yes.
Source الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 027-كتاب الصلاة -18- تكملة صلاة العيدين وصلاة الاستسقاء - 26 — archive.org (1:15:36)

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