Abu Taymiyyah – The Wudhu Series Part 8 From Zaad al Miaadh of Ibn Al Qayim
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Has been authentically reported that the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam
made wudhu
by
washing that which needs to be washed in
the wudu once.
Okay?
There was even times when he did it
twice,
meaning the parts of that which needs to
be washed, he would do it twice.
And
also there were times when he did it
thrice. And there was even times where he
washed some parts of the,
the parts that need to be washed in
the wudu. He did it twice, and there
was times when he did some of the
parts thrice, meaning he mixed and matched
between the 2. We're gonna inshaAllahu ta'ala speak
about that
in a minute, more detail.
And the Messenger
never washed more than thrice.
So when he said,
there was times when the missus salah alayhi
wa sallam
washed the body parts once.
Okay? This is the bare minimum my brothers
and my sisters.
Okay?
You might want to, insha Allahu Ta'ala, note
down on the side of your page what
the bare minimum is. And it comes in
very very handy,
when you find yourself in certain
scenarios and circumstances.
Okay? So the bare minimum is that I
have to wash
that which needs to be washed once.
Anything more than that is a sunnah.
It is recommended.
Okay? Where did we take this from that
it's okay to do it once? Imam Bukhari
He
chapter in his Sahih.
Doing the wudhu once once.
And the evidence for this is the hadith
of ibn Abbasid radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu. He stated
that Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did this,
He washed each pot once.
SubhanAllah my brothers and my sisters over the
years what I've noticed is
that this is actually something that is very
unknown to many of the commoners.
So much so that you might find arguments
taking place in the Udukhana,
in the Masajid,
that if they see somebody making wudu, just
washing each part once, it gets frowned upon.
No, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did this.
This is in Sahih Bukhari on the authority
in Arbas.
Companion is narrating it. When does it come
in handy? There might be times my brothers
and my sisters that someone is in a
rush.
He needs to go pick up his children.
Okay?
He needs
to go pick up his wife, Methillin.
She's waiting outside somewhere by herself.
You might find yourself
where you're in Methillin, you're near the Kaaba.
It has happened to us a number of
times, and the water that we have is
very limited. And if you want to leave
the haram and come back in,
Okay. You might not necessarily be able to
do so because they lock the door sometimes
when the prayer kicks in. So you have
limited water. You might have a bottle of
water, and you wanna make wudu.
In that case, this is when the fiqh
of an individual kicks in. Where you start
washing each part once.
So you are able to complete
your wudhu accordingly.
And it's not from fiqh my brothers and
my sisters, that
the little water that you have, you start
what you call it, washing your hands thrice,
And then you start doing it thrice, you
know, for your mouth. You start rinsing and
then your nose and then your face. And
by the time you get to the face,
water has already finished. Okay. So by studying
the bare minimum, my brothers and my sisters,
it gives you an understanding,
okay,
of
what you must come with,
okay, when you find yourself in some of
these difficult scenarios. What about now washing it
twice?
Okay.
Twice, twice.
Okay.
This is also authentic reported as Ibn Al
Qayyim
mentions.
Okay, Imam Bukhar, Al Qayyim Al Qayy, chapter
in a Sahih Bab
Al Wudhooi
Marratein Marratein.
The wudhoo washing it twice, twice.
And the evidence for this is the hadith
of Abdul Laban Azid, and An Nabi Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallamah
tawamba amarrateinimarratein.
This is what the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
did. He washed each pot that which needs
to be washed twice, twice. And also this
was narrated by Abu Hurairat radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu Waib.
And then my brothers and my sisters, he
also mentions
The Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
washed
the parts that need to be washed from
the wudu thrice
and this is the most complete version,
that has been reported to us of the
wudhu to Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. The Hadith
of Imran
and Uthmana da'abi wadhuin.
Umrah,
he mentions that Uthmana Nafani
He requested for water to be brought for
him.
Okay? Or to him in order to make
wudu.
So he started making wudu. What did he
do?
So he washed his hands at the beginning
3 times.
Okay?
And these washing of the hands at the
beginning, my brothers and my sisters, is a
sunnah.
Okay? It is a sunnah. It is recommended,
but it's not a must.
It's not from the bare minimum in order
for your wudu to be correct.
One can even leave that off and go
straight to the next step.
Okay? So what is the next step? After
saying,
After that, what did he do? He rinsed
his,
mouth,
and he did this three times.
And he also did the
Istin Shahk
is to sniff the water into your nose,
and Istin Thar is to sniff it back
down.
Okay? So So he did all of these
three things.
After doing all of these three things,
three times,
He started washing his face
3 times.
And we already explained where the face actually
is.
And then after that,
he washed his hands
up to his elbows, his elbows included, 3
times and then he did the left.
And then after that, what he did was,
he wiped his head.
Okay.
And then after that he washed
his feet up to his ankles,
starting with the right and then after that
he did the left.
And then he said,
And whoever makes wudu like this, then his
past sins are going to be forgiven.
And it is only in this description where
this reward was mentioned.
So, we know through this hadith now, that
this is the most virtuous way to make
the wudu, and that is to do it
3 times.
Also what the Sheikh mentioned after that was,
There
was times when the messian sallallahu 'alayhi thalathan
There was times when the messian sallallahu 'alayhi
is mixed and matched.
Okay.
How did he do this? Or what is
the evidence for this? The Hadith of
Abdullah ibn Zaid
Nizaid that was narrated by Imam Nasai.
Masina Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam mixed and matched.
He washed the face thrice,
but the other parts that are normally
washed, he washed it twice.
Okay, so he said,
So let's just try to imagine this for
a moment.
Okay, because sometimes my brothers and my sisters,
as we mentioned earlier, in order to remember
knowledge you should try it out, right?
So, when you're making your uwuduna, right? You
wash the face thrice, but when it comes
to the hands up to the elbows, you
do it twice.
Okay? So that's,
this is my left. So my right, up
to your elbows, that's 1. And then here
again,
that's twice. And then here, up to your
elbows, try, once and twice.
And then the feet the same as well.
So you mix and you match. This is
also something that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
did,
which we should try to do.
Okay?
Just for the purpose of a tunnel war,
doing the different acts that the prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam did. And then he said,
Says he has them inauthentic reported,
that the Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
went past his elbows,
and also went past his,
Kaabein, his ankles as well.
And then he mentions a hadith. This is
the Sheikh now mentioning the hadith
to clarify this point.
Because from the hadith of Bihuraiawa Ta'ala he's
mentioning here,
Hadid of Hurray radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu describes the
word of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
He says,
when describing Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam's wudu, that
he washed,
okay,
His hands,
all the way up to his elbows, so
much so that he ended up surpassing it.
This is what could be understood from this
narration.
Originally, Hata Ashraf is Sakeen, and also his
feet, so much so that he went up
to his shins.
Ibn Udayeem here is saying, this narration states
and shows,
okay, that
It shows that,
the elbows and the ankles need to be
included as well.
Not that you need to go all the
way up to your shoulders, or you go
all the way up to your knees,
or maybe even up to,
your thighs.
Even going up to your shins, my brothers
and my sisters,
it's not something that is being advised here.
Okay?
Because you have other narrations as well, you
have other narrations as well that state for
example the hadith of,
Jabir ibn Abdullah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu Khanasulai Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallamida
The Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam whenever he did
wudu, he would circulate the water
on his elbows.
Okay.
So, this is clearly showing as well, when
you put all the hadith together that the
intended purpose here is to include your elbows
and to include your,
ankles
as well. But it doesn't actually mean that
you go past it.