The Ruling on the Sunnah of Wudu and Surat al-Ikhlas

The questioner : Yes, yes. Some scholars say that the sleep of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) does not break the wudu, and the statement of Aisha

The Shaykh : and the exchange.

The questioner : And when he performed wudu. Yes.

The Shaykh : This wudu is not obligatory. He performs wudu because it makes him more energetic for worship. The mere act does not indicate obligation, and there is no doubt that one who gets up from sleep and performs wudu is more energetic. Daughter, yes.

The questioner : upon him, and he did not, and he did not persist in it. He was not one who did it habitually.

The Shaykh : This is a good point; there is no doubt it is a good point. But the prayer after wudu came explicitly in the Sunnah in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Therefore, the reliance in arguing for the recommendation of the Sunnah of wudu is on the hadith of Uthman: "Whoever performs wudu like this wudu of mine." Yes.

The questioner : And when is it now?

The Shaykh : I say, did you understand? What is it? We say it is permissible, but it is not recommended for us to do it. Because the Messenger himself did not persist in Surat al-Ikhlas, nor did he call people to it. And this is the hadith of Bilal; were it not for the hadith of Uthman, we would say it is like it, for there is no difference.

The questioner : Clear.

The Shaykh : If we say it is clear, but its meaning is clear, it is not clear. Everything that the Messenger did not legislate as a general ruling, either by his action or his saying, but some of the Companions did it and he approved them, its ruling is that it is not an innovation only. As he allowed Sa'd ibn Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) to give charity with his date palm, meaning his dates, to his mother after her death. Do we say that we should give charity with our money for our dead? No, but if we did it, it would not be an innovation.