Is washing the private parts a condition of wudu'?
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The Shaykh : Now, is it obligatory for him to wash his private parts?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: No.
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory, even though some of the common people think that washing the private parts is one of the obligations of wudu', and this is incorrect. If a person relieves himself with urine or feces at ten in the morning, and then the time for the midday prayer arrives and he wants to pray, what does he do? He performs wudu', washing his face and hands, wiping his head, and washing his feet. Or must he wash his private parts? No, it is not necessary to wash the private parts; he only performs wudu'.
The summary, my brothers, is: what is the problem with the statement of Allah the Exalted: What is it? What is it, people? It is swearing by other than Allah. So what is the answer?
That it is permissible for Allah the Exalted to swear by whatever He wills of His creation, because He is the Ruler and not the one being ruled. But we must know that Allah does not swear by anything except that it is among His greatest signs.
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: No.
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory, even though some of the common people think that washing the private parts is one of the obligations of wudu', and this is incorrect. If a person relieves himself with urine or feces at ten in the morning, and then the time for the midday prayer arrives and he wants to pray, what does he do? He performs wudu', washing his face and hands, wiping his head, and washing his feet. Or must he wash his private parts? No, it is not necessary to wash the private parts; he only performs wudu'.
The summary, my brothers, is: what is the problem with the statement of Allah the Exalted:
And the morning brightness, and the night when it becomes still
والضحى والليل إذا سجىThat it is permissible for Allah the Exalted to swear by whatever He wills of His creation, because He is the Ruler and not the one being ruled. But we must know that Allah does not swear by anything except that it is among His greatest signs.