What is the ruling on the sequence in ablution?
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The questioner : Well, Shaykh, I think in "Tammam al-Mannah" there is a hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated, which Ahmad reported ; so do you see the sequence in ablution or not, since you had authenticated this hadith?
The Shaykh : I see it and I do not see it.
The questioner : Well, Shaykh, give us what you have, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I see the sequence in ablution, but I do not see it as obligatory.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So then, I see it and I do not see it.
The questioner : Well, Shaykh, those who narrated the description of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution narrated the ablution in sequence, and the verse also indicates that, so I do not know the extent of your argument that the sequence in ablution is not obligatory?
The Shaykh : And is not the one who narrated the hadith among those narrators?
The questioner : Yes, but, Shaykh, I mean, the other things are more than this; this is one person who narrated.
The Shaykh : I mean, would his narration be incorrect?
The questioner : No, his narration is correct, but...
The Shaykh : So if his narration...
The questioner : Some scholars said that this is not in the obligatory prayer, but in the recommended practice or something like that, so I do not know the extent...
The Shaykh : What is the relationship, in the prayer or in the ablution?
The questioner : I do not know, he mentioned, I mean, I read a while ago that one of them, I do not remember who it was, said that the scholars differed on the issue if a person performs ablution for the obligatory prayer, not for a recommended prayer from the recommended practices.
The Shaykh : I mean, does the statement mean that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with this ablution prays, but he does not pray the obligatory prayer with the voluntary one?
The questioner : I do not know, I mean, this is their statement.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, you and the one who explained this statement to you.
The questioner : No, I read this book, Shaykh; he cited your hadith and commented on it.
The Shaykh : No problem, my brother; is the one who cited my hadith and commented on it from the people of knowledge?
The questioner : By Allah, it appears that he is a student of knowledge or a seeker of knowledge, Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : And this is the problem; this is the problem that we have become today living in the midst of and in the thick of students of knowledge, everyone saying "I, I." The important thing, my brother, is that the hadiths you refer to, from them we took the Sunnah, and the hadith you started your speech with, from it we took the non-obligatoriness, so this does not contradict that.
The questioner : So does it mean that the sequence in ablution is not obligatory, but it is...
The Shaykh : A recommended practice, yes, indeed.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was brought water for ablution, so he washed his hands three times, then he washed his face three times, then he washed his forearms three times, then he rinsed his mouth and inhaled water three times, and he wiped his head and his ears, the outside and the inside of them.
أتي رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - بوضوء فغسل كفَّيه ثلاثًا ، ثم غسل وجهه ثلاثًا ، ثم غسل ذراعيه ثلاثًا ، ثم مضمض واستنشق ثلاثًا ، ومسح برأسه وأذنيه ظاهرهما وباطنهماThe Shaykh : I see it and I do not see it.
The questioner : Well, Shaykh, give us what you have, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I see the sequence in ablution, but I do not see it as obligatory.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So then, I see it and I do not see it.
The questioner : Well, Shaykh, those who narrated the description of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution narrated the ablution in sequence, and the verse also indicates that, so I do not know the extent of your argument that the sequence in ablution is not obligatory?
The Shaykh : And is not the one who narrated the hadith among those narrators?
The questioner : Yes, but, Shaykh, I mean, the other things are more than this; this is one person who narrated.
The Shaykh : I mean, would his narration be incorrect?
The questioner : No, his narration is correct, but...
The Shaykh : So if his narration...
The questioner : Some scholars said that this is not in the obligatory prayer, but in the recommended practice or something like that, so I do not know the extent...
The Shaykh : What is the relationship, in the prayer or in the ablution?
The questioner : I do not know, he mentioned, I mean, I read a while ago that one of them, I do not remember who it was, said that the scholars differed on the issue if a person performs ablution for the obligatory prayer, not for a recommended prayer from the recommended practices.
The Shaykh : I mean, does the statement mean that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with this ablution prays, but he does not pray the obligatory prayer with the voluntary one?
The questioner : I do not know, I mean, this is their statement.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, you and the one who explained this statement to you.
The questioner : No, I read this book, Shaykh; he cited your hadith and commented on it.
The Shaykh : No problem, my brother; is the one who cited my hadith and commented on it from the people of knowledge?
The questioner : By Allah, it appears that he is a student of knowledge or a seeker of knowledge, Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : And this is the problem; this is the problem that we have become today living in the midst of and in the thick of students of knowledge, everyone saying "I, I." The important thing, my brother, is that the hadiths you refer to, from them we took the Sunnah, and the hadith you started your speech with, from it we took the non-obligatoriness, so this does not contradict that.
The questioner : So does it mean that the sequence in ablution is not obligatory, but it is...
The Shaykh : A recommended practice, yes, indeed.
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