Ablution for prayer

[سواها قلبي]

Ablution for prayer







In the name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful
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And may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad Peace be Upon him
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and his Family and Companions
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Today, Insha' Allah, I'll be performing Ablution
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as per the instructions or style of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
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And we will be highlighting the Sunna of Ablution and what should be done
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And what some people do in Ablution that was never part of it or considered Makrooh or prohibited
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First step is the intention of your heart
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You should intend in your heart that you're about to perform Ablution
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And this is the base of all our actions in the Mosque
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We come to the Mosque or any place of worship with the intention of performing Ablution to pray
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But it might change for someone who is there to teach someone how to perform Ablution
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So the intention in his heart is to teach not to perform the actions for the purpose of praying
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and here, Ablution would be considered invalid for him, or he cannot continue to his prayer with this intention
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But people in general do not perform Ablution without the intention
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So there's no need to overdo or overstress this part
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So when we want to start the Ablution we need to have the intention and it's in the heart
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We are ready now to perform Ablution
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Right now I'll demonstrate with explanation then I'll repeat the full process without explanation
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And during the demonstration, I'll highlight some of the mistakes or some of the Sunna of the Prophet (PBUH)
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Let's begin, with the will of Allah Tabarak wa Ta'ala (The Almighty)
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I'm preparing now for Ablution
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First thing in Ablution is mentioning the name of Allah
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As the Prophet (PBUH) said in the Hadeeth mentioned by Al Nisa'i
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"When you start Ablution start with 'Bismillah' (in the name of Allah)"
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So before I begin I say "Bismillah"
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Then I start washing my hands
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3 times, and 1 time is enough
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Then after that I wash my mouth (by gurgling) and my nose (by sniffing and blowing)
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If I washed my mouth 3 times and my nose 3 times, my ablution is accepted
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but in the Sunna, washing the mouth and nose should be one take as I will show you right now
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Then I should wash my face 3 times
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and the face starts from the first hair till the chin
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and from the ear to the ear
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These are the borders of the face, or what I face people with
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and all of it should be washed
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Then after that I wash my arms from the tip of the fingers till the elbow
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and you wash the tips of the fingers and your elbow
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and some people make a mistake by starting from the wrist
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and this is wrong because you need to include the hands again
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because this is one of the pillars of Ablution
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then the left arm
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and it is allowed to start from the left arm then the right arm
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but in Sunna, we start with the right arm the the left arm
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then we get to washing the head or wiping the head
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and we wipe it back then forth
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and 1 time is enough, either forward or backwards
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then I wipe my ears with whatever water left from my hair
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the index wiping the inside of the ear and the thumb wiping the outside
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then I wash my feet, the right foot then the left, but it's allowed still to wash the left then the right
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then I recite the Du'aa at the end of Ablution
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Let's start the demonstration with the blessings of Allah
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'Bismillah' (in the name of Allah)
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I open the water, but not too much as not to waste because we don't need so much
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this is enough water
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Here we go 'Bismillah"
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I wash the hands and make sure I'm washing them properly
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While I'm washing my hands right now, notice how I get the water between my fingers
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And it's from the Sunna to wash between the fingers during Ablution
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But if you happen to not do it, your Ablution is still accepted because the water will reach
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in the Hadeeth there's reference to washing the fingers as so
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but the followers of the Prophet (PBUH) did not mention that they washed between the fingers
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And there's only one Hadeeth that mentioned this but it's also not fully authenticated
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but what we get from this is that washing between the fingers like this is a "desired Sunna
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and every part that the water doesn't get to easily should be washed thoroughly like this
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Letr's repeat one more time
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we open the water a little bit not like how some people open the water at full power and this is wrong
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And it's against the Sunna, so we only open the water a little bit like this
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and we wash the hands
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then after that we wash the mouth and the nose
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As you see I washed my mouth and nose with one handful of water
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Let's see again
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When I washed my mouth,
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I put some water in my mouth and some in my nose
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and then removed the excess water with the left hand
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And this is the way of the Sunna, wash with the right hand and remove with the left hand
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And now we wash the face
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the same way we open a little bit of water, fill our palms with water then..
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like this we wash the face
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like this
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I took the water in my hands then washed my face
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Let me repeat it once more
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I'm supposed to do it 3 times anyway
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this is the third time'
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and this is enough and no need to overdo it
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Wiped my whole face with my hands
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And as you see I've washed my whole face without much effort
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and my hands wiped my whole face
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Some people when they want to wash their face they go like this
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Like this only and the hands don't go on the sides of the face
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and this is wrong
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and the hands are supposed to go to all the sides as to reach both ears and from the hair to the chin
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and that's washing the face
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and now we wash the arms and we start with the right arm like in the Sunna
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like this
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and this is the second time and the third
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and there's another way to do it also like this
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we take some little water in the palm and empty it on the arm like this
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we take some little water in the palm and empty it on the arm like this
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and use the hands to reach all the spots 3 times
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and this follows the Ayah in the Quran "and from your hands to your elbows"
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and the arm must be washed fully like this
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And wiping with the hand on the arm like this is from the Sunna
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and move it in a massaging movement
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but if I washed my arms in this way for example
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And I made sure that the water touched all parts of the arm
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without massaging of wiping, the Ablution is still correct
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According to the scholars it is correct
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but in the Sunna you should massage the arm and wipe
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now the left arm with little water also
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like this
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and now we're done with this part of washing the arms
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now we come to wiping the head
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again we get some water in our hands
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we get rid of the excess water then we start from the tip of the head like this
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then I go back again
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and now my hands are still wet
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so I wipe my ears with what's left of the water and insert the index finger like this
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the index inside and the thumb on the outside
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but if you only use the index like this it's still correct
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but what's better is the index from the inside and the thumb on the outside to do it thoroughly
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and now we come to washing the feet
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open a little bit of water and I start washing the feet
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and I also wash between the toes
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and I wash the right foot like this
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and if in the case of someone scooping for my from a jar or so I should do it 3 separate times
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so this would be the first
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then this is the second
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then this would be the third
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and I repeat the same process on my left foot like this
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I wash between the toes like this
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then the second time like this
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then the third time like this
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what's remaining now is the beard
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if you have a thick beard, mine is light
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take a little bit of water like this and rub under the chin to make sure the water reaches all the spots
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and now I shall demonstrate the full process of Ablution
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from the start to the end
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according to the Hadeeth about the Prophet (PBUH) in the Saheeh by Othman all blessings be upon him
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now I wash the arms
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and the second time
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and this is the third
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now I'll wash the second arm
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this is the first time
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second time
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and this is the third
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now to the head
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backward
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forward
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then the ears
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now I wash the feet
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first time
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second time
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third time
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now the left foot
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first time
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second time
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third time
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now washing the beard
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and now I'm done
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so I say "Ash-hadu an la ilah illa Allah" (There's no God but Allah)
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"Wahdahu la shareek lah wa ash-hadu an Muhammad abduhu wa rasuluh" (He's the One and Only and Muhammad is his servant and messenger)
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drying yourself after Ablution is allowed
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I can dry up or stay wet
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The Prophet (PBUH) was given the towel after Ablution but he refused it
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and he let the water drops fall because our sins fall off with them
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as in the Hadeeth, the sins come out of the skin, from under the eyelids, the finger nails and the toe nails
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and now I'm done with performing Ablution
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according to the Sunna of the Prophet (PBUH)
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now we have one more thing remaining
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some people wipe the back of the neck
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and this was not mentioned in the Sunna, that the Prophet (PBUH) wiped his neck in Ablution
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which means it's not from the parts of the body done in Ablution
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and I ask Allah to help us and strengthen us in following the Prophet (PBUH) in Ablution
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and I performed the steps 3 times each
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and 1 time is enough if you're doing Ablution and the 3 times is not an obligation
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and just to not waste this opportunity I'll do Ablution once again with each action done once not 3 times
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'Bismillah" (in the name of Allah)
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and you'll see how simple and easy it is
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'Bismillah" (in the name of Allah)
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and now we're done
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washing the beard
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what motivated me to show you how simple and easy Ablution is
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that I saw a tape by one of 'them' about Ablution and he was over doing it and complicating it and then says:
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"I learned this from my parents and grandparents who learned it from the Prophet (PBUH)"
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and this kind of reference is not accepted by the scholars
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but the kind of reference that is accepted is the one which is cited properly and it's roots known precisely
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and I also heard a Hadeeth from one of the students which says "these fingers will be eaten by the fire in Hell"
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which is about washing the gaps between the fingers and was referenced by some scholars
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that it is only a Sunna to wash between the fingers and especially the toes because they're closer to each other
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and it's easy for the water to get through the fingers
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and I pray to Allah for me and you that He blesses us with following the Sunna
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and only Allah is the all knowing and may peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his followers