Wiping the Neck in Ablution
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Question: Is washing or wiping the neck among the obligatory or recommended acts of ablution, or is it not?
Answer: Wiping the neck is not among the recommended acts of ablution, nor among its obligatory acts, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) specified the limbs that are washed and wiped.He said, (Glorified and Exalted is He):
[Al-Ma'idah: 6], so one wipes only the head, not the neck.
No sunnah has been established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding wiping the neck, so wiping it is a religious innovation.
Answer: Wiping the neck is not among the recommended acts of ablution, nor among its obligatory acts, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) specified the limbs that are washed and wiped.He said, (Glorified and Exalted is He):
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِNo sunnah has been established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding wiping the neck, so wiping it is a religious innovation.