On the manner, with an example.
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The Shaykh : Fourth: As for its manner, the act of worship must conform to the Shari'ah in its manner. If it deviates in the manner, it is not valid. Is that clear, everyone? Who can explain to me how to perform wudu'? How do you perform wudu'? Yes, how do you perform wudu'? Yes, describe for us how you perform wudu'? Did you perform wudu' for the Maghrib prayer or not? How did you perform it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Well done. Okay, rest. Did you hear what he said? Did you hear what he said? No, okay. In wudu', a person washes his face, then his hands, then wipes his head, then washes his feet.
These are the four limbs that Allah the Exalted mentioned in the Qur'an[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] If a man washed his hands before washing his face, is his wudu' valid? You.
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He washed his hands, then his face, then wiped his head, then washed his feet. He purified all four limbs. In what did he deviate?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : In the manner? Perfect. Correct, correct.
The student: Correct.
The Shaykh : In 'Umrah, a person came to perform 'Umrah and found the tawaf area crowded, so he started the sa'y before the tawaf. Is his sa'y valid or not? It is not valid. Why?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : In what did he deviate from the Shari'ah?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : And the obligatory order.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Well done. May Allah bless you. Perfect. Okay.
A person is praying, and he prostrated before bowing. He prostrated, then stood up and bowed. Who will answer? Please, answer.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Stand up... for the people.
The student: The prayer is not valid.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: Because bowing is the first.
The Shaykh : It is the first. Okay, what do we say? Did he deviate in the essence of the worship, in its type, or what?
The student: In the manner.
The Shaykh : In the manner. May Allah bless you. Rest.
Okay, what is left for us?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Well done. Okay, rest. Did you hear what he said? Did you hear what he said? No, okay. In wudu', a person washes his face, then his hands, then wipes his head, then washes his feet.
These are the four limbs that Allah the Exalted mentioned in the Qur'an
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
يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا قمتم إلى الصلاة فاغسلوا وجوهكم وأيديكم إلى المرافق وامسحوا برؤوسكم وأرجلكم إلى الكعبينThe student: No.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He washed his hands, then his face, then wiped his head, then washed his feet. He purified all four limbs. In what did he deviate?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : In the manner? Perfect. Correct, correct.
The student: Correct.
The Shaykh : In 'Umrah, a person came to perform 'Umrah and found the tawaf area crowded, so he started the sa'y before the tawaf. Is his sa'y valid or not? It is not valid. Why?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : In what did he deviate from the Shari'ah?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : And the obligatory order.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Well done. May Allah bless you. Perfect. Okay.
A person is praying, and he prostrated before bowing. He prostrated, then stood up and bowed. Who will answer? Please, answer.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Stand up... for the people.
The student: The prayer is not valid.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: Because bowing is the first.
The Shaykh : It is the first. Okay, what do we say? Did he deviate in the essence of the worship, in its type, or what?
The student: In the manner.
The Shaykh : In the manner. May Allah bless you. Rest.
Okay, what is left for us?