Rulings on the Misbaha, Ritual Impurity, the Sunnah of Wudu, and the Expiation for an Oath

The questioner:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, Salih. The listener Abu Aymen al-Sabahi from Aden has a set of questions. His first question says: Is using the misbaha a sunnah, or is it one of the bid'ah (religious innovations)?

The Shaykh:
Consistently using it is a bid'ah, and glorifying Allah with the fingers is better than using the misbaha. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah bless you. In his second question he says: After a woman bathed following intercourse, she went to pray, and a little of the najasah (ritual impurity) came out. Does her prayer become invalid?

The Shaykh:
Yes, her prayer is invalid, and she must perform wudu (the ablution for prayer) completely. Yes.

The questioner:
In his third question he says: Does wudu have a sunnah (recommended practice)?

The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. It is better that one does not perform wudu without praying after it. One of the Companions, Bilal, Bilal ibn Rabah (may Allah be pleased with him), said: "O Bilal, I have not entered Paradise without hearing you ahead of me. What are you doing?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah, nothing, except that I do not perform wudu without praying two rak'ahs (units of prayer) after it." The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is it." Yes.

The questioner:
O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him. Abu Aymen's last question in this episode says: A man said, "It is haram (forbidden) for you to enter my house," and after a period of time, he entered the house. What is required of him?

The Shaykh:
He owes the kaffarah (expiation) for an oath. Prohibiting what is halal (lawful) is an oath, as the scholars said. Yes.