What is the meaning of transgression in wudu'?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the meaning of transgression in wudu'?
Answer:
Transgression in wudu' is adding to what is prescribed. Transgression in wudu' is adding to the prescribed wudu'. All acts of worship must be performed by a person in the manner prescribed by the Shari'ah, without extremism, without excess, and without negligence. One should not fall short in them, nor add to them. For example, in wudu', a person transgresses if he increases the number of washings beyond what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed. The obligatory and fard is to wash the limbs once. This is the obligation and the fard. If he adds two or three washings, that is also good. However, if he increases beyond three, that is transgression and extremism, and it is not permissible. The first washing is the fard, the second is a virtue, the third is a sunnah, and the fourth is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This is transgression. Therefore, a person should not be extravagant in washing, in washing the limbs, and add to it saying, "This is an addition of good." No, the good is in what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed.
Likewise, transgression in wudu' includes extravagance in water, extravagance in water. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform wudu' with a mudd, and a mudd is a quarter of a sa'. He used to perform ghusl with a sa', which is four mudds. He was the most perfect of creation (peace and blessings be upon him) in purity. The most perfect of creation in purity would perform wudu' with a mudd, which is a quarter of a sa', and perform ghusl with a sa'. If one increases beyond that, it is extravagance and transgression in wudu'.
The questioner asks: What is the meaning of transgression in wudu'?
Answer:
Transgression in wudu' is adding to what is prescribed. Transgression in wudu' is adding to the prescribed wudu'. All acts of worship must be performed by a person in the manner prescribed by the Shari'ah, without extremism, without excess, and without negligence. One should not fall short in them, nor add to them. For example, in wudu', a person transgresses if he increases the number of washings beyond what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed. The obligatory and fard is to wash the limbs once. This is the obligation and the fard. If he adds two or three washings, that is also good. However, if he increases beyond three, that is transgression and extremism, and it is not permissible. The first washing is the fard, the second is a virtue, the third is a sunnah, and the fourth is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This is transgression. Therefore, a person should not be extravagant in washing, in washing the limbs, and add to it saying, "This is an addition of good." No, the good is in what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed.
Likewise, transgression in wudu' includes extravagance in water, extravagance in water. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform wudu' with a mudd, and a mudd is a quarter of a sa'. He used to perform ghusl with a sa', which is four mudds. He was the most perfect of creation (peace and blessings be upon him) in purity. The most perfect of creation in purity would perform wudu' with a mudd, which is a quarter of a sa', and perform ghusl with a sa'. If one increases beyond that, it is extravagance and transgression in wudu'.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى التعدي في الوضوء؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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