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pt 1
PURIFICATION (TAHARAH)
(According to the Qur'an and Sunnah,
as extracted and inferred by scholars of the Hanafi school.)
From "Mukhtasar al-Quduri", a matn of Hanafi fiqh
Wudu'
Ghusl
Water
Tayammum
Wiping on Khuffs
Women's Blood
Filth
1.0 WUDU
1.1 The Rudiments of Wudu'
Allah, the Exalted, says, (translated),
"O you who believe! When you stand for prayer, then wash your faces, and your hands upto the elbows, and wipe your heads, and [wash] your feet upto the ankles."
So, the obligatory elements of purification [i.e. wudu'] are:
- Washing the three parts [the face, the two arms, and the two feet]. The elbows and the ankles are included in washing.
- Wiping the head - the obligatory [part] in wiping the head is the extent of the forelock [one-fourth], based on that which Mughirah ibn Shu`bah narrated, that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) made wudu' and wiped his forelock and his khuffs.
1.2 The Sunnah Actions of Wudu'
The sunnah actions of wudu' are:
1. Washing the two hands before inserting them into the container [of water], [especially] after the mutawaddi' awakens from his sleep.
2. Taking the name of Allah, the Exalted at the start of the wudu'.
3. Siwak
4. Rinsing the mouth
5. Inhaling water
6. Wiping the ears
7. Combing the beard and
8. [Combing] the fingers
9. Repeating the washing upto thrice.
10. To intend purification
11. Covering the entire head with wiping
12. Performing the wudu' in order, such that he starts with that with whose mention Allah, the Exalted has begun with.
It is recommended for the mutawaddi' to [start] with the right parts.
1.3 The Invalidators of Wudu'
The incidents which invalidate wudu' are:
1. Anything which exits from the two paths.
2. Blood, pus or serum when they exit from the body and encroach on a place which it is incumbent to purify.
3. Vomit, if it was a mouthful.
4. Sleep lying down, or leaning [on one's side] or reclining such that if it were removed he would fall.
5. Loss of consciousness through fainting or insanity.
6. Laughter in any prayer containing ruku` and sujud.
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