As Salat / Prayer is mandatory and obligatory for every adult and healthy Muslim man and woman five times a day. It is the time when one stands in front of one's Creator seeking His mercy and forgiveness. This being such an ipirtant daily ritueal requires a worshipper to be wearing clean / unsoiled clothes (specially the stains of urine or any dirt one may pick on his clothes). Having ensured cleanliness of one's clothes, one has to perform Wudu / ablutuon by washing one's face, arms up to the albow, passing over wet hands over one's head and washing feet including ankles.
This procedure of Wudu / ablution is mentioned in Qur'an as under:
“O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles…” — Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:6)
The ablution this allows removal of any traces of dirt from one's visible body parts so that when one stands in front of his Creaotor, he is not only wearing clean clothes but as also washed his visible body parts as directed by Allah. Thus, Wudu is a pre-requisite for prayer, and obedience to Allah is central to Islamic life.
Wudu isn’t just physical — it is a spiritual act of cleansing. The Prophet ﷺ said:
“When a Muslim or a believer washes his face (in wudu), every sin which he committed with his eyes will be washed away… when he washes his hands, every sin they committed is washed away… until he comes out pure from sins.” — Sahih Muslim 244
This shows that wudu is a form of minor expiation for sins tied to our body parts. It also:
- Removes sweat, dust, and impurities
- Encourages hygiene multiple times daily
- Prevents disease and promotes overall health - not only for self, but also being in a state of purity when one offers prayer in the masjid standing close in t=ranks with others.
However, it is generally seen that people hurry up performing Wudu which may leave parts of their washable body parts, which may invalidate one's salat / prayer. Herein under, we share an informative video which lists down 10 commonly commited mistakes while performing wudu and one must pay attention to these mistakes so that their whole process of offering prayer is not invaidated:
Let us make sure that we take time in performing wudu for we have to present ourselves before our Lord and we would not like that our presence is nullified due to our hurried performance of wudeu.
May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door.
وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ
(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”
That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.
May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.
Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.
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