What is the evidence for the obligation of snuffing water and rinsing the mouth in ablution?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : First, there is a hadith in the Sunan: Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned it in *Bulugh al-Maram*. The second point, which I mentioned to you, my brother, is that I told you that snuffing water and rinsing the mouth are included in the face, so they fall under the general meaning of His saying: .
The questioner : Does that mean the face is what a person faces, and the nose and mouth are not part of the face?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : meaning ...
The Shaykh : Does it include the inside of the nose and the inside of the mouth?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it includes them, and the evidence that it includes them is the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It indicates this because it is an explanation of the verse. If it is a clarification of a general statement, and the general statement is obligatory, then it becomes obligatory.
The Shaykh : First, there is a hadith in the Sunan:
When he performed ablution, he rinsed his mouth.
إذا توضأ فمضمضSo wash your faces
فاغسلوا وجوهكمThe questioner : Does that mean the face is what a person faces, and the nose and mouth are not part of the face?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : meaning ...
The Shaykh : Does it include the inside of the nose and the inside of the mouth?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it includes them, and the evidence that it includes them is the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It indicates this because it is an explanation of the verse. If it is a clarification of a general statement, and the general statement is obligatory, then it becomes obligatory.