What is the evidence for distinguishing between the limbs of wudu' such that some are obligatory and some are not obligatory?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the evidence for distinguishing between the limbs of wudu' such that some are obligatory and some are recommended?
The Shaykh : That is, what is mentioned in the Qur'an is obligatory, and what is other than that is Sunnah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
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The Shaykh : Because the Messenger performed wudu' once, once. As long as he performed wudu' once, once, we know from the action of the Messenger that it is not on the path of obligation.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, and it is established from him that he performed wudu' once, once.
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The Shaykh : Obligatory, yes.
The questioner : The rinsing of the mouth?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory because it is part of washing the face.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the reason is that the intended purpose is for the water to reach this place, whether it is swallowed or not. But it is known that if a person rinses his mouth, he does not swallow the water, and it is possible that swallowing it would be harmful to him if there is pain or...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The rinsing of the mouth is achieved by this. They said that the name of rinsing the mouth applies to moving the water in the mouth only.
The questioner : And the sniffing of water into the nose?
The Shaykh : The sniffing of water into the nose, as I told you, is about expelling the water from the nose, and this is not obligatory. The most important thing is delivering the water to the place of wudu'.
The student: The time, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, is it finished? Do we read the hadith? Does anyone have it memorized? Yes.
The student: The beginning of the chapter or not?
The Shaykh : What we stopped at, is that we did not complete the chapter. Did we complete the chapter?
The student: No, we did not complete it.
The Shaykh : Okay, read what we stopped at.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in what he transmitted from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "And from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the description of the wudu' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: " And he wiped his head once " Abu Dawud narrated it, and al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i narrated it with a sound chain. Indeed, al-Tirmidhi said: It is the most sound thing in the chapter.
And from 'Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn 'Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the description of wudu', he said: " And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped his head, so he brought his hands forward and then backward " Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And in a wording from both of them: " He started with the front of his head until he took them to the back of his head, then he returned them to the place from which he started ".
And from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the description of wudu', he said: " Then he wiped his head, and he inserted his two index fingers into his ears, and he wiped the outer part of his ears with his two thumbs. " Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i narrated it, and Ibn Khuzaymah authenticated it .
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and may Allah send prayers upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
We previously mentioned in the hadith of Humran, the freed slave of 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), that 'Uthman called for wudu' and mentioned the hadith. This is the most comprehensive hadith in the chapter of wudu', and for this reason the author (may Allah have mercy on him) made it the foundation. So all the narrations after it are nothing but branches or mentions of some parts of this great hadith.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the evidence for distinguishing between the limbs of wudu' such that some are obligatory and some are recommended?
The Shaykh : That is, what is mentioned in the Qur'an is obligatory, and what is other than that is Sunnah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Because the Messenger performed wudu' once, once. As long as he performed wudu' once, once, we know from the action of the Messenger that it is not on the path of obligation.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, and it is established from him that he performed wudu' once, once.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Obligatory, yes.
The questioner : The rinsing of the mouth?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory because it is part of washing the face.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the reason is that the intended purpose is for the water to reach this place, whether it is swallowed or not. But it is known that if a person rinses his mouth, he does not swallow the water, and it is possible that swallowing it would be harmful to him if there is pain or...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The rinsing of the mouth is achieved by this. They said that the name of rinsing the mouth applies to moving the water in the mouth only.
The questioner : And the sniffing of water into the nose?
The Shaykh : The sniffing of water into the nose, as I told you, is about expelling the water from the nose, and this is not obligatory. The most important thing is delivering the water to the place of wudu'.
The student: The time, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, is it finished? Do we read the hadith? Does anyone have it memorized? Yes.
The student: The beginning of the chapter or not?
The Shaykh : What we stopped at, is that we did not complete the chapter. Did we complete the chapter?
The student: No, we did not complete it.
The Shaykh : Okay, read what we stopped at.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in what he transmitted from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "And from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the description of the wudu' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: " And he wiped his head once " Abu Dawud narrated it, and al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i narrated it with a sound chain. Indeed, al-Tirmidhi said: It is the most sound thing in the chapter.
And from 'Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn 'Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the description of wudu', he said: " And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped his head, so he brought his hands forward and then backward " Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And in a wording from both of them: " He started with the front of his head until he took them to the back of his head, then he returned them to the place from which he started ".
And from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the description of wudu', he said: " Then he wiped his head, and he inserted his two index fingers into his ears, and he wiped the outer part of his ears with his two thumbs. " Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i narrated it, and Ibn Khuzaymah authenticated it .
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and may Allah send prayers upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
We previously mentioned in the hadith of Humran, the freed slave of 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), that 'Uthman called for wudu' and mentioned the hadith. This is the most comprehensive hadith in the chapter of wudu', and for this reason the author (may Allah have mercy on him) made it the foundation. So all the narrations after it are nothing but branches or mentions of some parts of this great hadith.