Ablution

Ablution Requirements:

1- Washing of one’s private parts after removing impurities

2- At-tasmiyya and it is to say (Bismillahi ar-Rahmān ar-Rahīm) [tr. In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful the Most Compassionate].

3- Intention

4- Rinsing one’s mouth and nose

5- Washing one’s face

6- Washing one’s hands with the elbows

7- Wiping the head and ears

8- Washing the feet with the ankles

9- One must wash between the fingers and long nails

10- Performing ablution steps in the order indicated above

The Sunnahs of Ablution

1- The use of tooth-stick to clean one’s teeth (Siwak)

2- Washing one’s palms

3- Rinsing one’s mouth and nose in one water scoop

4- Perform each step thrice

5- Wiping of the nape

The Recommendations (mandūbāt) of Ablution

1- The reciting of the supplication;

2- The renewing of it after every permissible action.

What invalidates Ablution

- What exits the two openings; like urine, feces, or wind.

- Bleeding that flows

- The removal of the intellect, like sleep and unconsciousness

- Vomiting to the extent of impurity

- Every act of major disobedience outside of the persistent acts of disobedience, like lying, gossiping (an-namīma), as well as backbiting and injuring a Muslim. All of this invalidates it.