The time for beginning the intention for ablution

Question:
A message was received for the program from al-Qasim, sent by one of the brothers. He says: Your brother (A.M.) asks our brother and says: One of the conditions of ablution is intention—and the place of intention is the heart—but if a person goes to the bathroom—may Allah keep you safe—to relieve himself, and he did not intend to perform ablution, and when he finished he wanted to perform ablution by washing his face and his hands to the last of the limbs, meaning: he completed the ablution, is his ablution valid?

Answer:
Yes, the intention for ablution is at the beginning of rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose; because that is called relieving oneself, it is called istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself). So if he cleans himself from urine or feces without the intention of ablution, and then afterwards he wants to perform ablution, the intention is sufficient after that. So if he begins to rinse his mouth and sniff water into his nose with the intention of ablution, that is sufficient. And it is better that he intends when washing the two hands; when washing the two hands, he mentions Allah and intends the ablution, then he proceeds to rinse the mouth and sniff water into the nose, and wash his face, then his hands, then wipe his head to the end. So the intention is at the beginning of washing the hands, before rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose.
As for that which is called istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), it is not the place of intention. That is removing a nuisance, removing impurity. He removes the nuisance with water or with stones, and it does not require an intention. The intention is only at the beginning of washing his four extremities: the face, the hands, the head, and the feet. This is the place of intention, and it is called ablution, and it is called purification and purity. Yes.

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