Rinsing the mouth, sniffing water into the nose, and the limitation of the obligatory acts of ablution to six
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The questioner:
May Allah do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If the obligatory acts of ablution are limited to six.
The Shaykh:
If.
The questioner:
If the obligatory acts of ablution are limited to six, is it said that rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose are obligatory, but not as independent obligations?
The Shaykh:
They are included in the first obligatory act, which is the face, and are not separate from the face such that they would count as a seventh thing. Therefore, he said, “And from it are rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose,” fearing that someone might separate rinsing the mouth and make it an independent obligatory act. Yes.
May Allah do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If the obligatory acts of ablution are limited to six.
The Shaykh:
If.
The questioner:
If the obligatory acts of ablution are limited to six, is it said that rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose are obligatory, but not as independent obligations?
The Shaykh:
They are included in the first obligatory act, which is the face, and are not separate from the face such that they would count as a seventh thing. Therefore, he said, “And from it are rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose,” fearing that someone might separate rinsing the mouth and make it an independent obligatory act. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: فروض الوضوء ستة — islamhouse.com (1:03:09)
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