Washing the Hands in Ablution: Between Recommended Practice and Obligation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is known that ablution has recommended practices and obligations. Is washing the hands among the recommended practices or among the obligations? If a person leaves it out, is his ablution valid?
Answer:
Washing the hands at the beginning, before starting the ablution, is a recommended practice (sunnah), except for the one who gets up from sleep at night, for whom it is obligatory. As for washing the hands with the forearms, that is obligatory (fard). One must wash the hands with the forearms up to the elbows. This is required. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is known that ablution has recommended practices and obligations. Is washing the hands among the recommended practices or among the obligations? If a person leaves it out, is his ablution valid?
Answer:
Washing the hands at the beginning, before starting the ablution, is a recommended practice (sunnah), except for the one who gets up from sleep at night, for whom it is obligatory. As for washing the hands with the forearms, that is obligatory (fard). One must wash the hands with the forearms up to the elbows. This is required. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حضور النساء المساجد وفضل صلاتهن في بيوتهن — islamhouse.com (1:09:38)
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