The Description of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) Ablution
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Question:
This is another questioner who asks, may Allah preserve you. He says: What is the description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution? Since we have recently heard that there are independent legal reasonings (ijtihad) and that there is a lack of clarity regarding this description, may Allah bless you?
Answer:
The description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution has come in authentic hadiths from his words and his actions (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] the verse.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) begins with cleaning himself after relieving himself; he cleans himself with water or with stones, then he rinses his mouth and sniffs water into his nose, then he washes his face, then he washes his hands up to the elbows, then he wipes over his entire head, then he washes his feet up to the ankles, three times for each limb. This is the description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution in brief. Yes.
This is another questioner who asks, may Allah preserve you. He says: What is the description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution? Since we have recently heard that there are independent legal reasonings (ijtihad) and that there is a lack of clarity regarding this description, may Allah bless you?
Answer:
The description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution has come in authentic hadiths from his words and his actions (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janabah, then purify yourselves
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُواThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) begins with cleaning himself after relieving himself; he cleans himself with water or with stones, then he rinses his mouth and sniffs water into his nose, then he washes his face, then he washes his hands up to the elbows, then he wipes over his entire head, then he washes his feet up to the ankles, three times for each limb. This is the description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution in brief. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/243 — archive.org (13:59)
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