 Peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you, to welcome to Ahkam SOS, the show that discusses Islamic practices and duties upon a Muslim by his eminence, the Grand Ayatollah of the Islalik Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life. I am your host Mohsin Shah and joining me is Sheikh Ali Ma'ash, peace be upon you Sheikh. And peace be upon you. And peace be upon you. Again. Thank you very much. Sheikh, we've discussed why it's necessary to discuss where to use Wudu, we've discussed Mustahabat, Makrobat, let's discuss how to perform Wudu, how does one actually perform Wudu? In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful, and peace be upon Muhammad and his family, the Merciful. With regard to the Wudu itself and how is it done, to start with, of course, you need to have the intention, as I've mentioned in the last episode, that you need to have the intention of the Wudu, so you begin with the intention of making the Wudu for the cause of Allah SWT and you start of course with the face. So you begin pouring the water on the face from where the hairline grows, all the way down. Okay, so when you say pour the water, do I, like, I've got my glass here, do I just pour like this and I start to do like that, or do I need to actually first put it into my hand and then, you know, like so. It doesn't matter. The thing is that you pour the water on your face and you rub down all the way down from where the hairline grows on the top and then all the way down to the end of the chin. Okay. So from here all the way down. That is the wajib and the requirement for the Wudu. Now with regard to the span from the left to the right, the measure is that you take your middle finger and the thumb. So that's actually measures for you the space and the boundaries that you need to do the minimum. Of course, you can go back to the left or to the right, which is good. But the main ones are when you actually start rubbing your hand over the face all the way down, you have this boundary from the middle finger and the thumb. And the rest is not covered. But you can actually go and do the left and the right side, go further than the limit which is given, which is good in overall. Sheikh Nour, what happens with someone who doesn't have a hairline at the front? What happens to someone whose hand may be a bit smaller than average or someone's hand which is larger than average. So someone with a small hand will just wipe this bit, just by the eyes and down. Someone who's got such a big hand will be wiping from ear to ear, you know, the whole face. What happens in those situations? Well they need to look at the people of the average. So the average is this is the hand for example, this is the average and this is the face. And the hairline grows in this location, for example. You look at the average of the people who wash their face, how do they do it from where? No matter if he's bald, he starts from this location, you know, the normal where the hair grows for them, they have to see exactly where the hair grows, although they don't have any hair. So maybe where it used to be? Exactly, exactly. And likewise for the size of the hand, if it's small or big, again, if it was too small then they have to rub all the way to the left and the right to make sure that it reaches all the sides. If it's too big then they have to just cover the main area. So they don't have to actually wash their ears, both ears. So you go back to what is known as orf, you know, the people average of the use of the voodoo and the water, and that would be sufficient. What about when there is something on the skin? So for example, when I wake up in the morning for pleasure, sometimes I've got some dust and crumbs, debris in between my eyes, maybe I've cut myself from before from shaving or something, and there's a scab or there's some blood on my cheek. Do I just continue to do that normal? Well any obstacles, any particles, dirt which are on the face, seen then they must be removed. Anything that blocks the reach of the water to the face, and likewise to the arms and other parts of the voodoo, you have to make sure they are removed, and especially the nejas. If there's blood, if there's anything else, nejas, on the location of the voodoo, it must be removed and purified, and then you use the voodoo. So yes, you have to make sure that there's no particles that prevent the reach of the water to the skin. That should be fine. Okay Sheikh, when washing the face, what about the nostrils? Do I need to put water in the nostrils? The lips? Sometimes people forget that they have to do the lips as well, do these have to be covered? Basically what you have to wash in the voodoo is the visible parts of the face, that is the wajib. So when you close your lips, the visible parts must be washed. The inside parts of the nose or the mouth of the lips, you don't have to wash them. It's just the ones which are visible can be seen from outside, otherwise you don't have to wash the inside. So the first part is washing the face, and then we go on to washing the arms, correct? Exactly, yeah. And we do that from where to where? We actually begin to wash first the right arm from the elbow all the way down to the tips of the fingers, so all the way down. So you don't wash half the way, you have to make sure you wash all the way down to the tips of the fingers, all the way down. And likewise for the left arm as well, from the elbow all the way down to the tips of the fingers. What about in between the fingers? It's good to actually rub between them just to make sure that the water reaches in between them, but usually it reaches when you actually pull the water and the water runs through the arms, or usually it reaches that part. If it's, I mean, you have, you open the, you know, the hand fingers and all together, but it's better than to actually make sure that it's been reached as well. OK, and like you were saying, you can't go, say I went into this direction and then I say, oh, there's something, I missed a spot. Can I do that or must I pick it up and then go over it? No, you can't go back, but to go back a little bit is fine. Just a little bit, but not to go back all the way from the beginning. So I will be, will be sufficient. Do you like that? Just a little bit, but you can go back, but not to go back the whole way. So it's not like that. Yeah, it's going to be a different way of. So would this be OK? Just a bit, just a bit. That's fine. You don't have to go back too much. Yeah. I sent him, I sent. What's the next step in with all? So we've had washing the face. We've had the right arm first, the left arm first, elbow to fingertip. Does it finish there? Well, no, the next part is to wipe, actually. So we have finished the washing of the face and both arms. Now to wipe the head now. The location of wiping the head is the front quarter of the head, which is actually adjacent to the forehead. You have to just to wipe with the wetness of the water. You're not allowed to actually take water from a new source, new source of water. In terms of the the mustahab precaution is to actually wipe with the length of one finger. OK. But you can do it less than that. That's just mustahab. And the better is to have with the with the joint of three fingers and you do the the wipe all the way down. That's mustahab. That's the best. Well, at least as I said, it's just one finger and a little bit of of wiping just to move the finger towards the down. Does it matter which direction you go in? Does it have to be from back to front or can you do from front to back? It has to be from back to front. So top to bottom. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. OK. So what about wiping? Does it have to touch the skin of the head of the scalp or is it OK just to do on top of the hair? Well, it's not wadjib to actually wipe on the skin of the head. You can actually, if you have enough hair, you can just rub on the hair, on your hair. The issue is with those who have long hair, like some ladies and even some men, which it can be moved from one side to other side to the left to the right. They have to make sure that they have to rub and wipe on the root of the hair. So they remove the excess hair and they wipe on the root of the hair. That's important for them. Otherwise, if the hair like yours and others, they can just easily wipe on it and inshallah. A question I have. Most of our brothers, you know, they they perform the ritual of the holy ritual of Tahrir. This can cause issues with the head. Obviously, we don't want to open wounds or cause any bleeding, because obviously we're trying to stay tired because we want to pray Salah. What advice can you give them? What is the best method to do with the head in that state? Well, there are two options. The first option that if the location of the wound is narrow and small, they can actually wipe to the left or the right side of the front part of the head. If it's a wide wound and covers the whole part of the the front part of the head, then they can just put a plaster or anything clean fabric or something and they can wipe on it, which is known as Wudu'id Jabira will come, inshallah, to this specific type of Wudu, inshallah. And what is the next step then after wiping the head? After wiping the head, the next Wajib and Wudu is to wipe the feet. So you begin with your right hand to wipe the right side of the of the of the foot with the right foot. Exactly. And then you wipe the other side, the left side of the foot with the left with the left hand. Exactly. And what is important with regard to the wiping with regard to the washing is fine. You have to make sure that the wiping places of the the head and the feet, they must be dry. In other words, if they are wet, extreme wet, you have to dry them and then you wipe. The sage says that even if it's a bit moisture, but the wetness of your hand is more than the moisture of the hair or both feet, then that should be sufficient. That's fine. But the main thing is that they shouldn't be wet. That when you when you wipe your hand on your head, you can differentiate. Is it the wetness of the hands or the previous previous? That's important. I see. I sense sheikhana. So what about when we are wiping the feet? Where do we start? Where do we finish? And what direction do we go in? Well, you have to begin from the tip toes, the fingers, all the way to the ankle bones. That's the minimum required. And for the mustahab as well, you can go as a precaution, mustahab, ahtiyab, mustahababi, you can go up to the joints as well. So, I mean, if you want to go up to the joints, you can. But the the required one is up to the ankle bone. So you're saying just just from the tip of the toes, past the nails, going to the forefoot, exactly, up towards the ankle. And if you want, you can go a little bit more past the curve. Exactly, until the joint. Exactly. And that's mustahab, as I mentioned, the joint ones. Sheikhana, I have a few questions. The first question is that was sent in to us was. This brother, he puts natural products in his hair. So you might have gel or grease or wax or oil. Some of this is waterproof. Some of this mixes with the water or can be, let's just say an inconvenience for when doing mustahab. What is the ruling in regards to that when performing willoo? Well, if the gel provides some kind of obstacle and prevents the reach of water to the head, then he needs to actually wash away the gel and dry it and then be able to wipe on his head. Otherwise, if there are no effects of the gel in terms of providing some kind of barrier to allow the water to reach the head, then that's fine. That's right. OK. Sheikhana, a lot of people they would have, they assume that a willoo can be done in place of willoo. Is this the case? Well, inshallah, we'll come to the rules of the ghusul. The only ghusul that you can actually do which replaces the willoo, the act of willoo itself, is the willoo of Jannabah. OK. Other willoo, such as the willoo of Juma, willoo of Eid, willoo of Toba and so forth. They want to replace the willoo at all. It's only the willoo of Jannabah, which replaces the willoo. That's it, Sheikhana. Thank you very much for your knowledge and for this discussion. And thank you to all the viewers that have been joining us. Insha'Allah, it was very informative for you and insha'Allah, we have made willoo a lot more easier for yourself to perform. If you have any questions regarding ahkam, please send them to the contact details provided and myself and the sheikh will, insha'Allah, answer them until next time. Salamu alaikum, wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.