Fards in Wuzoo

THERE ARE FOUR FARA'ID
(MANDATORY ACTS) IN AN
ABLUTION.
1-To wash the face once.
2-To wash the two arms
together with the elbows once.
3-To apply masah on the one-
fourth of the head, that is, to
rub a wet hand softly on it.
4-To wash the feet, together
with the ankle-bones on the side
once.
Sunnats in Ablution
There are eighteen Sunnats in an
ablution.
1-To recite "Bismillah" before the
making the ablution.
2-To wash the hands including
the wrists three times.
3-To rinse the mouth three
times by using new water each
time. This is called madmada.
4-To wash both nostrils three
times, taking fresh water each
time. This is called istinshaq.
5-To wet the invisible parts of
the skin under the eyebrows, the
beard and the mustache. It is
fard to wash their exterior
surfaces. If the hairs are scarce
and the skin can be seen, it will
be fard to wet and wash the
skin.
6-To wet the section under the
two eyebrows when washing the
face.
7-To apply the masah on the
hanging part of the beard.
8-To comb (taklil) the hanging
part of the beard with the
wetted fingers of the right
hands.
9-To rub and clean the teeth with
something.
10-To apply masah (to wipe) both
ears once.
11-to apply masah on the neck
once with three adjacent fingers
of both hands.
12-to wash (takhlil ) between the
fingers and the toes, the little
fingers of the left hand is
inserted between the toes from
under them in
successions,beginning with the
little toe of the right foot and,
after finishing with the right
foot, carrying on with big toe of
the foot.
13-To apply masah on the whole
head once.
14-To wash every limb three
times which is to be washed. At
each washing every part of the
limb must be moistened. It is
sunnat not to pour water three
times but to wash it completely
three times. It is makruh to
wash more than three times.
15-To intend through the heart
to get reward when beginning
the Wudu.
16-Tartib. In other words, to
wash the two hands, the mouth,
the nostrils, the face, the arms,
then apply masah on the head,
and not to change this order.
17-Dalk, to rub the limbs washed.
18-Muwalat, to wash the limbs
one right after another quickly.
Mustahabbats in Ablution
There are twenty-eight twenty-
eight mustahabbats in an
ablution.
In this context adab means
something which causes
blessings when done but incurs
no sin if committed.
1- To make an ablution before it
is time for Salaat.
2-If the private parts have not
been smeared with najasat
(impurity); it is an adab to wash
them with water. If the najasat
(impurity) is less than one dirham
[which is equal to one mithqal:
four grams and eighty
centigrams], it is sunnat to
wash. If one has been smeared
with one dirham of it, it is wajib,
and if more than that it is fard
to wash.
3-To wipe oneself dry with a
piece of cloth after washing. If
there is no cloth one must wipe
with one's hand.
4-To cover oneself right after
the cleaning is completed.
5-Not to ask for help from
anybody, but to perform the
ablution by oneself. If one pours
water for one without being
asked, it will be permissible.
6-To turn towards the qibla when
making an ablution.
7-Not to talk while making an
ablution.
8-To recite the kalmia-i-shahadat
while washing each limb.
9-To recite the prescribed
prayers (du'a) of ablution.
10-To put water in the mouth
with the right hand.
11-To put water in the nose with
the right and to clean the nose
with the left hand.
12-When washing the mouth,
rinse it if not fasting.
13-When washing the nostrils, to
draw the water almost up to the
bone.
14-When applying masah on the
ears, insert each little finger into
each earhole, respectively.
15-To use the little finger of the
left hand when washing between
the toes when inserting from
the lower sides of them.
16-To shift the ring when
washing the hands. It is
necessary and fard to shift a
tight ring.
17-Not to waste water though it
may be plentiful.
18-Not to use little water so as
to appear rubbing with oil. During
each the three washing, at least
two drops of water must fall
from the place washed.
19-After using a container for
ablution, to leave the container
full of water so that the other
may use it.
20-To recite the prayer (du'a )
"ALLAHUMMAJ'ALNI
MINATTAWWABIN….."after or
during the ablution.
21-To make an ablution though
one has an ablution. In other
words, after performing one
namaz, renew your ablution for
the next namaz.
22-To clean the inner corner of
the eyes and clear away the
dried mucus in the eyelids when
washing the face.
23-When washing the face, the
arms and the feet, wash a little
more than the compulsory
amount. When washing the
arms, we must fill our palm with
water and then pour it towards
the elbow.
24-When performing an ablution,
do not let the water used splash
back on the body, the cloths,
etc.
25-To wash the face with both
hands.
26-To put the water container on
the right side. While performing
an ablution.
27-When washing the foot, start
from the fingers.
28-To perform two rak'at [cycle]
salaat after an ablution, which is
called "THAHEEYA-TUL-WUDU".
Prohibitions in Wazoo
There are ten prohibitions in
performing an ablution
1-When relieving one or urinating
in the toilet or outdoors, one
should not turn one's front or
back towards the Qibla. It is
makruh also to stretch one's
feet towards the Qibla or the
Quran. If the Quran is above one
it will not be makruh.
2-It is haram to open one's
private parts near someone in
order to make taharat.
3-One should not make taharat
with one's right hand.
4-When there is no water, it is
makruh to make taharat (to
clean oneself ) with food
products, manure,bones,animals
food,coal,someone else's
property,reeds,leaves. Instead
of that should have
"Tayammum".
5-One must not spit or throw
mucus into the pool where one
makes an ablution.
6-One should not wash one's
limbs of ablution much more or
less than the prescribed limit,
nor wash them more or less
than three times.
7-While washing the face, one
must not splash the water on
one's face, but pour it from the
upper forehead downwards.
8-One must not blow on or over
the surface of the water.
9-One must not close one's
mouth and eyes tightly. If even a
tiny part of the outward part of
the lips or the eyelids is left dry,
the ablution will not be
acceptable.
10-One must not make masah on
one's head, ears or neck more
than once after moistening the
hands each time. But it can be
repeated with moistening the
hands again.