Completing the ablution on the disliked things and its obligation
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The questioner:
He says in the hadith regarding the connection of the highest assembly. And among the reports are the causes of the emergence of the science of theology. Does this hadith not indicate that completing the ablution is not a matter of necessity?
The Shaykh:
No, completing it on the disliked things means enduring them. Enduring the disliked things in this carries an increase in reward, just as if the weather is cold or the water is cold and he endures that and performs the ablution, he is given an increase in reward. As for the basic completion of the ablution, it is obligatory, as evidenced by what we mentioned to you: the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan al-Bayhaqi 1:296 and that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who sees a spot in it that the water did not reach to perfect his ablution, to go back and perfect his ablution. Yes.
He says in the hadith regarding the connection of the highest assembly. And among the reports are the causes of the emergence of the science of theology. Does this hadith not indicate that completing the ablution is not a matter of necessity?
The Shaykh:
No, completing it on the disliked things means enduring them. Enduring the disliked things in this carries an increase in reward, just as if the weather is cold or the water is cold and he endures that and performs the ablution, he is given an increase in reward. As for the basic completion of the ablution, it is obligatory, as evidenced by what we mentioned to you: the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
Woe to the heels and the soles of the feet from the Fire
ويل للأعقاب وبطون الأقدام من النار
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 1 — islamhouse.com (54:44)
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