Aqeel Mahmood – S 01 Ep 06 Fiqh Rulings Pertaining To Ablution

Aqeel Mahmood
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The concept of wudhu is related to worshipping Allah and is not recognized by the public. The three conditions of wudhu, including personal health, age, and intentions, are discussed. The importance of wudhu is discussed, including personal health, age, and intentions, and the use of wudhu is emphasized. The concept of wudhu is discussed in various ways, including painting, writing, doing things like rinsing, washing, and doing certain things like snuffing water. The importance of wudhu is emphasized, and further questions about wrow shipping are addressed.
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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.

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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.

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Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen.

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Wa as-salatu wa as-salamu ala ashrafil

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anbiya wal mursaleen.

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Nabina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma

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'een.

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Inshallah, today we're going to be covering an

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introduction to wudhu and the conditions of wudhu

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and the sunan of wudhu, the recommended acts

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of wudhu, inshallah.

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So, to begin with, wudhu.

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What is the definition of wudhu?

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Generally speaking, we may have mentioned this before,

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when we give definitions of Islamic terminology, there's

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normally two definitions.

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There'll be the linguistic definition and then there'll

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be the Islamic definition.

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So you have the linguistic meaning of a

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word and then you'll have the Islamic meaning

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of the word and there's always some link

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and some connection between the two meanings.

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For example, the word salah.

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The word salah can refer to, linguistically, the

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meaning dua.

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As Allah says, wa salli alayhim.

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Allah says to the Prophet ﷺ, wa salli

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alayhim.

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Pray for them.

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Inna salataka sakanu lahum.

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Your prayer gives them peace.

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It can't be the actual salah itself because

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how could his salah give them peace?

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So it refers to dua.

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Make dua for them.

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Your dua gives them peace and tranquility.

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So the linguistic meaning of the word salah

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is dua.

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Wudhu, the linguistic meaning of wudhu, is cleanliness.

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Al-nidhafa in Arabic.

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Cleanliness.

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So linguistically, or literally, the word means cleanliness.

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Now what is the Islamic definition of the

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word wudhu?

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How do we define what wudhu is?

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And definitions are important because we can learn

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a lot from definitions.

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And even last time, when we spoke about

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siwak, what was the benefit of knowing the

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definition of siwak?

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Because a lot of the scholars, they say,

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anything which is used to clean and purify

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the mouth and the teeth is considered a

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siwak.

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And so some of the scholars say, for

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example Sheikh Uthaymeen and others, that the toothbrush

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would be considered, if it's used for that

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purpose, it could be a sunnah for you

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to use a toothbrush for that purpose.

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Because it cleans and purifies the mouth.

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So the definition of the word siwak, obviously,

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can help us understand the virtues and benefits

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of the siwak, the scope of what the

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siwak actually is, and likewise with other definitions

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also.

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So what is wudhu then, Islamically?

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How do we define wudhu?

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Any ideas?

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So when we're defining words, we have to

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make sure that the definition can't be used

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for any other Islamic terminology.

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Otherwise it defeats the purpose of having a

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definition.

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So if we said wudhu was purification, the

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problem is there are many other things which

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are part of Islam which could also be

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considered purification.

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Not just wudhu.

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For example, ghusl.

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Ghusl is also purification.

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But there's a difference between wudhu and ghusl.

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Purification from minor impurity.

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Or tayammum.

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There's no water.

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Tayammum can purify you from minor impurity and

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you can pray.

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Spiritual.

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So you're saying wudhu means, with the Islamic

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definition, it could be a sentence describing what

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wudhu is.

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That's a definition.

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But tayammum is purification for salah.

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If you don't have water, you can do

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tayammum.

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That's purification for salah.

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Okay.

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We're getting there now.

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Yeah, good.

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There has to be a specific tarteeb.

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What does tarteeb mean?

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A specific order.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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What's the main purpose of wudhu?

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Okay.

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More than this.

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Oh, even before cleanliness.

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What are we doing?

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Intention to?

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Worship.

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It's ibadah.

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So wudhu is a form of worship.

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Worshipping Allah by by what?

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Washing four parts of the body or

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you could say worshipping Allah by washing specific

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parts of the body in a specific order.

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Worshipping Allah by washing specific parts of the

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body in a specific order.

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That's basically wudhu.

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Wudhu doesn't include ghusl because there is no

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specific way that you're obligated to perform ghusl

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although there is a recommended way.

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It doesn't include tayammum because you don't wash

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when you perform tayammum.

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So worshipping Allah and of course it's a

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means of worshipping Allah.

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Otherwise it's not even wudhu then.

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Because if you're not worshipping Allah and you're

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doing it for another reason as was mentioned,

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it's not even considered an act of worship.

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So it's not even considered wudhu for salah.

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It wouldn't be accepted.

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So worshipping Allah by washing specific parts of

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the body in a specific order, that's basically

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wudhu.

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So how do we know the order?

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How do we know which parts of the

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body to wash?

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Before the sunnah.

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Quran.

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If you can give evidence from the Quran,

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use Quran first.

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That's the primary source of evidence.

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Primary source of evidence for us is the

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Quran.

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And then you have the sunnah, then you

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have unanimous consensus of the scholars, ijma' and

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then you have qiyas.

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So if you can give evidences from the

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Quran, you always give evidences from the Quran

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first.

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Why?

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Because the Quranic evidences are irrefutable.

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You cannot argue with the Quranic evidences.

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Clear as day.

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There's no issue of it being weak or

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sound or sahih, etc.

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There's no issue with Quranic ayat.

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So, the primary evidence of the act of

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wudhu being an obligation is ayat number 6

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in surah Ma'idah.

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Surah Ma'idah ayah 6.

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O you who believe, when you stand for

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the salah, then you should wash your faces

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and your hands up to your elbows and

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wipe your heads and wash your feet up

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to your ankles.

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So the ayah says, O you who believe,

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when you are standing for salah, then wash.

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Which means you can't stand for salah until

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you've washed.

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So in the ayah, it's showing us that

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wudhu is a condition of salah.

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From the ayah.

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You can tell from the ayah, wudhu is

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a condition of salah because Allah is telling

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us, before you start praying, basically, you have

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to perform wudhu.

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You have to wash specific parts of the

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body.

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Ayah number 6, surah Ma'idah.

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So this ayah shows us that wudhu is

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obligatory because it's a command from Allah.

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It shows us it's a condition for salah.

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It also shows us the order of the

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parts of the body that should be washed

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in wudhu.

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And also it shows us the specific parts

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of the body.

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Not only does it show us the parts

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of the body that should be washed, it

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also shows us the specific order in which

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they should be washed or wiped if it

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includes the head.

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So this is the ayah and the definition

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we just mentioned.

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Now the conditions of wudhu.

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We've gone through some of the conditions already

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in previous lessons, but there are six conditions

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in total that a person must fulfill before

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he is able to perform wudhu.

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Three of them are conditions for every act

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of worship a person is about to do.

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And then that leaves three specifically for wudhu.

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So what are the three for every act

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of worship?

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Very easy.

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An-niyyah, okay.

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An-niyyah isn't one of them, but an

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-niyyah is a condition.

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Let's say four then, along with niyyah.

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Niyyah is intention.

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Your intention.

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Okay, good.

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So you have to be Muslim.

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Okay, good.

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Al-aql.

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And sanity, yeah.

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So Islam, aql, sanity, and, third one, niyyah

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is number four.

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Let's say niyyah is number four.

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Maturity.

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Having reached the age of puberty or having

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reached the age of maturity.

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So number one, Islam.

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There is no wudhu for the person who

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is not even a Muslim.

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Okay, so if a non-Muslim wants to

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experience what it's like being a Muslim and

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he's the nicest person you know, the nicest

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non-Muslim, such a good person.

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If only he was a Muslim, he's such

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a nice guy, and he does wudhu.

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Okay, and he wants to feel the spiritual

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lift of doing wudhu because he sees his

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Muslim friends doing it.

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He can do wudhu and it may make

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him feel refreshed, but he won't get the

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reward of wudhu itself.

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Regardless of how nice the person may be.

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Because he's rejecting the belief of the oneness

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of Allah.

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Rejecting Allah as his creator and the one

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who should be worthy of worship.

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Based on that fact, there is no reward

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for him performing wudhu.

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Even if he does, mashallah, all the pillars

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of wudhu and the sunan and does it

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properly, like better than we've ever seen, it

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doesn't make any difference.

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Because he hasn't become a Muslim.

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Number two, aql, sanity.

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So a person has to be in the

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right state of mind.

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Meaning if a person is mentally ill or

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mentally unstable, isn't aware of his actions, he's

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not in control of his body because of

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an illness, he's not able to think properly

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because of a mental illness, then it's not

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something which is obligatory for him to do.

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So the obligation of wudhu and salah have

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been lifted because, as the Prophet said, the

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pen has been lifted upon three, one of

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them, the one who has gone insane until

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he regains his sanity.

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So if it's temporary, then obviously he has

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to perform wudhu and then he must pray

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because now he's become sane again.

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But in the process of him being in

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a state of insanity, Allah has lifted the

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pen, he doesn't have to offer the wudhu

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and he doesn't have to pray.

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Number four, the intention.

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What is the intention when a person performs

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wudhu?

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It's in the definition.

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But what is the intention of wudhu?

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For Allah, to worship Allah.

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For the worship of Allah.

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To worship Allah.

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So the intention of wudhu has to be

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there.

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So let's say, for example, it's really hot

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and you've been training or you've been working

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hard, you've been working in the house or

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in the garden or you've been out and

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it's very, very hot and so you decide

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to freshen up.

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So you decide to wash your face and

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once you've washed your face, you think, let

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me wash my arms.

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So as a force of habit, you wash

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your right arm because that's what we normally

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do in wudhu.

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And as you wash your right arm, you

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think to yourself, you know, I'm halfway through

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doing wudhu now.

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I might as well do wudhu.

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Is that wudhu a proper wudhu?

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Why?

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He made niya when he was washing his

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right arm.

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Good.

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So the intention is a condition.

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What is a condition?

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What do you mean by condition?

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Something that must be done before the act

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of worship.

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Intentions are done before the act of worship.

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Conditions are things which are done before the

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act of ibadah.

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You know, preceding the ibadah, before the ibadah.

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For example, when you have on your phone,

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absent at the beginning, you have to accept

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what?

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Terms and conditions.

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You have to accept the T&Cs.

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If you don't accept the terms and conditions,

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they won't let you use the app.

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So it's prior to using the app.

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You have to accept the terms and conditions.

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If somebody asks for some money from you,

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they asked you for five pounds, you would

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say to them, I can give you the

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five pounds on the condition that you pay

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me back in a week.

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And he says, no.

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Give me the five pounds.

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You say, no.

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He'll say, why?

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You'll say, because he didn't fulfill the condition

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that I just said.

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So conditions are done prior.

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Always remember, conditions are done before the salah.

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So, a person, let's say, he's freshening up,

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or before the wudu, before the salah, before

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the act of worship, whatever the act of

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worship is.

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So if a person wants to freshen up,

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and he's cooling down, and he's halfway through

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washing parts of the body, even though he's

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done it in the order that he normally

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does wudu in, it still won't be accepted

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as wudu, because his intention before he washed

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his body parts wasn't to worship Allah, it

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was just to freshen up.

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Same thing, for example, in the morning when

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a person wakes up, maybe he isn't going

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to pray, maybe he's just freshening up in

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the morning, and he decides to do wudu

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with the intention of freshening up, not with

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the intention of worshipping Allah through wudu.

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It won't be considered a wudu.

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Now that doesn't mean you have to say

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something, but it's something which is part of

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your intention.

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It's in your heart, it's not something you

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have to actually say.

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Likewise, what if a person, on a regular

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basis, is in the regular habit of performing

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wudu?

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Again, it's become a habit, even though it's

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become a habit, he has to ask himself,

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why is he doing it?

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What was the reason behind him doing it

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in the first place?

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Was it because he was worshipping Allah?

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Yes.

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The goal, when he was doing this act

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of worship, or this act of washing his

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body parts, his goal, his purpose was worshipping

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Allah.

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He wanted to do wudu.

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Him doing it on a regular basis, okay,

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it's become a good habit.

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His intention is still to please Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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As we said, unless, and we know, it's

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our state of mind, if a person is

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hot and he decides to freshen up, that's

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a different intention now.

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Intention has changed.

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But if he becomes part of a person's

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habit and routine, of course, his intention was

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always to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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unless there is another reason which creeps up

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in a person's mind, but ultimately, it's just

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become a habit, and that's a good thing.

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The most beloved acts to Allah are those

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which are continuous, even if they're small.

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So a person will be rewarded for that,

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even if he's not consciously, actively, thinking, at

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that point in time, of the wudu itself.

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His intention is to worship Allah.

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It doesn't necessarily have to be something he's

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consciously, actively, 24-7, having to think about.

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But it's in the back of his mind

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that he's waking up and he's going to

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do wudu, because it's his routine.

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But of course, it's good for a person

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to refresh his intention, and for a person

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to be in the right state of mind,

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and worshipping Allah when he performs wudu.

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So, the intention is something which is important.

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If a person does wudu for another intention,

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again, if a person does wudu, you know,

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because everybody else is doing wudu, and it's

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peer pressure, he's thinking, if I don't do

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wudu now, it doesn't look good, because what

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will people say?

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They'll think I won't have wudu.

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And so he does wudu, because other people

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are doing wudu, and not for the sake

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of Allah, then of course that wasn't for

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the sake of Allah, it was for other

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people.

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So there's a sense of riyaa and showing

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off there.

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So, again, niyyah, intention, is important.

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So those are the first four conditions.

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Then you have two other conditions pertaining to

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wudu specifically.

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So these four are basically for all acts

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of worship, really.

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Islam, sanity, puberty, and intention.

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Sincerity.

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What are the two specific for wudu?

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One is easy.

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Bismillah isn't a condition.

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It's something which is recommended.

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Easy, guys.

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When you do wudu, that's part of wudu.

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This is before wudu.

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What do you need to do wudu?

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Water, purifying water.

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You need water.

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Tahor water, purifying water.

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So a condition for wudu is you have

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to have purifying water.

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If you don't have purifying water, then, obviously,

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there is no wudu.

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Wudu is tayammum instead.

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There is no wudu then, which means it

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has to be present.

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Purifying water has to be present before a

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person can perform wudu.

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If there is no purifying water, then the

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person has to perform tayammum instead.

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We'll speak about tayammum in the future.

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But the fifth condition is that a person

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must have purifying water.

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The person must have purifying water.

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That's the condition.

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Condition number five.

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And we went through purifying water.

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Purifying water.

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Water you can use for wudu is water

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whose properties have not changed.

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The taste, smell, and color of that water.

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So purifying water.

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Number six.

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Purifying, yeah.

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Water has to be purifying.

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Yeah, you could say that.

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That could be part of number six.

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So a person being pure in terms of

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his state.

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Yeah.

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However, if a person had najasa on his

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body after he went to the toilet, and

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then he did wudu, and then he was

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about to pray and noticed the najasa, does

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he have to do wudu again?

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Just wash off his clothes.

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So he doesn't have to do wudu again.

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So even if it's on your body, does

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it break your wudu?

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If it comes out of your private parts,

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it breaks your wudu.

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And najasa.

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Yeah, then it's not something which invalidates the

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wudu itself.

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Allah knows best.

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So it's something which you have to clean.

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Let's say, for example, there's najasa on your

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clothes, for example.

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You've done wudu already, there's najasa on your

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clothes.

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You can pray as long as you remove

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the najasa and the impurity.

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What breaks the wudu is anything which comes

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out of the private parts.

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You have to make sure the najasa is

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removed from your clothes and also from your

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body.

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So if a person is performing wudu, and

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after he performs wudu, he must pray, and

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there's najasa on his clothes.

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If that najasa is on his clothes and

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it goes onto his body, a person has

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to remove that najasa before he prays.

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So, number six.

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What is number six then?

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Removal of anything on the body which prevents

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water from reaching the skin.

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Removal of anything on the body which prevents

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the water from reaching the skin.

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Removal of anything on the body that prevents

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water from reaching the skin.

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So we're not talking about clothes or anything.

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We're saying things which are on the skin

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which prevent the water from actually coming into

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direct contact with the skin.

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Anything which prevents water from coming into direct

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contact with the skin, that has to be

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removed before you can actually perform wudu.

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That has to be removed in order for

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the wudu to be sound, and for the

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wudu to be done properly.

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Why is this a condition then?

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So removal of anything which covers the skin

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and prevents water from reaching the skin.

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Why is that a condition?

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Because the whole point of wudu is that

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you are washing the body and parts of

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the body.

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If there's something preventing the water from reaching

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the skin, then you're not washing your skin.

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Famsah is wiping.

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But thagsilu, wash, yeah.

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So from the ayah, thagsilu wujuhakum, wash the

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faces.

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Okay, washing your hands up to your elbows,

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for example.

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Okay, washing your feet.

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If anything is preventing the water from reaching

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the skin, then it's something which has to

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be removed.

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For example, like what?

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Yes, a ring.

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A watch.

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A hat.

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What about things which are maybe more permanent?

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A cast.

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So if a person's got a broken arm,

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you wipe it off, take it off.

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If a person's got a broken arm, you're

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going to force them to take the cast

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off and wash the arm.

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Certain people who have certain jobs on their

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skin, they might get certain eye products.

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Tattoos are permanent, yeah.

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Paint, for example.

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Paint.

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Okay.

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Tattoos, obviously with tattoos, if a person is

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able to remove them, then that's fine, he

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should.

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If a person isn't able to, because it

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can cause harm, or it might be very

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expensive to remove them, new Muslims, Uyghurs, for

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example, then inshallah they're excused, or they should

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try their best to remove it if they

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can.

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For example, paint.

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Paint covers the skin, doesn't it?

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It doesn't like allow the skin to breathe.

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It's blocking the pores.

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So, paint needs to be removed.

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Other things, such as, for example, ink.

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A person, people write on their hands.

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People who write on their hands.

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I teach in a school, and you get

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some of the students writing on their hands.

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I tell them, if you write on your

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hands, then you can't do all the properties,

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because it's preventing water from reaching the skin.

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So, there's a difference between things which may

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cover the skin, but they're easily removed, and

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things which cover the skin and it's not

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easily removed.

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So, certain things, they cover the skin, preventing

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water from reaching the skin.

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Other things, they may cover the skin, but

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it won't be hard for the water to

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reach the skin, like blood, for example.

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Blood, you wash it, and it comes off.

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Other things, it might be a bit more

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stubborn.

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Builders, they might have cement or other things

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on their hands, on their arms.

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Paint, for example, we mentioned.

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Ink, for example, from pens.

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Nail varnish.

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Nail varnish.

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We mentioned tattoos, obviously, those extenuating circumstances.

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If a person, for example, has henna, does

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it invalidate, does that have to be removed?

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No.

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Henna doesn't have to be removed, because henna

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doesn't block the pores, doesn't block the skin,

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obviously.

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Otherwise, our sisters and our mothers and our

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daughters don't want to be, nobody would be

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wearing henna.

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Henna is different because it doesn't cover the

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skin.

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Tattoos is different.

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Okay, paint, on the other hand, all these

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types of things have to be removed.

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Nail varnish also.

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There was this thing that was invented a

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few years back.

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It was called breathable nail varnish.

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Breathable nail varnish.

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They claimed that the varnish, if you put

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it on your nails, it doesn't block the

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pores, allows the skin to breathe, and there

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was discussion about whether or not this is

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permissible to continue to wear.

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If a person does wudu, he won't have

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to remove it because it's breathable nail varnish.

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But Allah knows best.

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From the things I came across, it doesn't

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seem like it actually is breathable.

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Sometimes cosmetics, they use certain words, they use

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certain terms in a different way.

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It's not actually what they say it is.

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It didn't seem like it would actually, because

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it is nail varnish at the end of

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the day.

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It's a thick layer of paint, basically.

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And so it is going to, I don't

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know how it can be breathable, how it's

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going to how water will penetrate.

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Because if water penetrates, there will be no

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varnish anymore.

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Because it will seep through, it will soak

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through.

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Henna is a special dye, it's different.

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Henna is not the same thing.

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That's popular amongst all Muslims, Muslim women across

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the Muslim world.

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But with regards to the varnish, I don't

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see, Allah knows best, it being something which

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would be allowed for a person to continue

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wearing.

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It would have to be removed prior to

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a person doing wudhu.

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So if a person has paint, if a

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person has nail varnish, if a person has

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something preventing water from reaching the skin, he

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has to remove it.

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Now, to what extent is the question now?

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To what extent?

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To the best of his ability.

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As best as he can.

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So let's say, for example, a person is

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about to pray, and he's there and he's

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got lots of paint on his arm because

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he was working in the house or he's

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a builder or he's a painter.

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He does as much as he can.

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If there are certain small stubborn stains that

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he can't remove, and he's there for a

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long time trying to remove the stains to

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the extent where he might miss the Salah,

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for example, then he does whatever he can

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and those small stubborn stains, sometimes they don't

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go, they might take some time.

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Then in those circumstances, inshallah, it's overlooked because

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he did try his best.

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So we said tattoos are different because first

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of all, if a person does tattoos are

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haram anyway, but if a person did it

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prior to him being Muslim, he won't be

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accountable.

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After he accepts Islam, if he's able to

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remove the tattoos without it being like without

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it causing lots of harm to him, and

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also if he's able to financially afford it,

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because it can be quite expensive, especially if

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he has lots of tattoos, then inshallah, if

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he can't do it, then he's overlooked, inshallah.

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He's ma'zur.

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He's forgiven.

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There are many examples of this.

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You said it does cause more harm.

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Okay.

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Yeah, from what I've heard, it's the laser

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treatment, isn't it?

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So what does it do?

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Yes, because it's paint.

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It's a type of paint.

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Because when they do tattoos, they inject the

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ink into the skin, don't they?

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So they'll have to use laser to actually

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remove it.

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So I can imagine it wouldn't be a

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very enjoyable experience.

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It would probably be quite painful.

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So a person does whatever he can.

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He tries his best to remove any of

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the things which are blocking his skin and

00:32:01 --> 00:32:03

the pores and the skin and preventing the

00:32:03 --> 00:32:06

water from reaching the skin before he begins

00:32:06 --> 00:32:06

his wudhu.

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So those are the six conditions.

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Islam, sanity, puberty, intention, purifying water, and removing

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anything which prevents water from reaching the skin.

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So these are the conditions of wudhu.

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Now we're going to move on to the

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sunan of wudhu.

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What do you mean by the sunan of

00:32:29 --> 00:32:29

wudhu?

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Now, sunan has two meanings.

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Sunan can mean the actions, statements, descriptions of

00:32:40 --> 00:32:41

the Prophet ﷺ.

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And the other sunan that we are talking

00:32:44 --> 00:32:45

about means something else.

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It can also mean mandub.

00:32:49 --> 00:32:51

It can also be mandub, yeah.

00:32:51 --> 00:32:53

So mandub or sunan means recommended.

00:32:54 --> 00:32:55

Things which are recommended.

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Things which are recommended.

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What does it mean when something is recommended?

00:33:00 --> 00:33:00

Yeah.

00:33:06 --> 00:33:06

Good.

00:33:07 --> 00:33:09

So if a person does something which is

00:33:09 --> 00:33:12

sunan, if somebody says this is a sunan,

00:33:14 --> 00:33:17

if they're talking about fiqh issues related to

00:33:17 --> 00:33:20

wudhu or salah or zakah or fasting, etc.,

00:33:20 --> 00:33:23

or something else with regards to eating, drinking,

00:33:23 --> 00:33:25

whatever the case may be, clothing, and they

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say this is a sunan, they may mean

00:33:27 --> 00:33:29

this is something which is recommended.

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Again, it depends on the type of talk.

00:33:31 --> 00:33:32

We're doing fiqh.

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So if they're speaking about fiqh, then when

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they say sunan, it means something which is

00:33:35 --> 00:33:36

recommended.

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Recommended is something which if a person does,

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he's rewarded for and he's not sinful if

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he leaves it.

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He's rewarded for doing it and he's not

00:33:46 --> 00:33:47

sinful for leaving it.

00:33:48 --> 00:33:48

Unlike wajib.

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Wajib, are you rewarded for doing?

00:33:52 --> 00:33:55

Yes, you're rewarded for doing something wajib, but

00:33:55 --> 00:33:58

you're sinful for leaving it.

00:33:59 --> 00:34:01

Okay, sunan, you're rewarded for doing, you're not

00:34:01 --> 00:34:01

sinful for leaving.

00:34:02 --> 00:34:10

So, a question then arises, what is the

00:34:10 --> 00:34:13

purpose of doing something which is a sunan

00:34:13 --> 00:34:17

if you're not punished for leaving it?

00:34:23 --> 00:34:25

Actions of the Prophet ﷺ.

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Okay, good.

00:34:35 --> 00:34:38

So for example, the sunan of salah, the

00:34:38 --> 00:34:41

two sunan after maghrib, two sunan after isha,

00:34:41 --> 00:34:44

they're called the rawatib, the sunnah prayers, the

00:34:44 --> 00:34:47

rawatib prayers, two before fajr, four before dhuhr,

00:34:47 --> 00:34:50

two after dhuhr or two after dhuhr based

00:34:50 --> 00:34:52

on the different hadith, two after maghrib, two

00:34:52 --> 00:34:52

after isha.

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They're sunan.

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Okay.

00:34:56 --> 00:34:59

Narrations mention that on the day of judgment,

00:35:00 --> 00:35:02

Allah will, the first thing Allah will hold

00:35:02 --> 00:35:04

a person to account for are his salats.

00:35:04 --> 00:35:06

And if there are deficiencies in his salawat,

00:35:07 --> 00:35:10

Allah will say, bring from his rawatib, bring

00:35:10 --> 00:35:14

from his nawafil, his optional salawat, bring from

00:35:14 --> 00:35:17

his optional prayers to make up for his

00:35:17 --> 00:35:19

deficiencies in the obligatory prayers.

00:35:20 --> 00:35:22

So they make up for your deficiencies and

00:35:22 --> 00:35:26

your shortcomings and your mistakes and your forgetfulness

00:35:26 --> 00:35:28

and your errors in the obligatory prayers.

00:35:29 --> 00:35:31

Okay, and the scholars they say this is

00:35:31 --> 00:35:34

the benefit of doing the sunnah acts, generally

00:35:34 --> 00:35:35

speaking also.

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They'll make up for a lot of things.

00:35:38 --> 00:35:43

Also, your sunnah acts, your recommended acts because

00:35:43 --> 00:35:45

sometimes people think sunnah is fine, whatever, not

00:35:45 --> 00:35:46

a big deal.

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Your sunnah acts will help your obligatory acts.

00:35:53 --> 00:35:54

There's a direct link.

00:35:55 --> 00:36:00

There's a direct link between the quality of

00:36:00 --> 00:36:05

your obligatory acts and the quantity and the

00:36:05 --> 00:36:08

effort you make in doing your sunnah acts.

00:36:09 --> 00:36:10

What's the connection?

00:36:11 --> 00:36:13

What's the connection here between the two?

00:36:14 --> 00:36:15

How does one affect the other?

00:36:17 --> 00:36:18

No.

00:36:20 --> 00:36:22

Easy not to do them, in a way.

00:36:23 --> 00:36:23

They suffer.

00:36:24 --> 00:36:26

So what's the connection then?

00:36:31 --> 00:36:35

We're saying the sunnah benefits you in this

00:36:35 --> 00:36:39

world, specifically with your wajib acts, with your

00:36:39 --> 00:36:40

obligatory acts.

00:36:40 --> 00:36:40

How does it benefit?

00:36:51 --> 00:36:52

Excellent, Abdul Malik.

00:36:52 --> 00:36:52

Excellent.

00:36:53 --> 00:36:53

Brilliant.

00:36:53 --> 00:36:57

If a person isn't in the habit of

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doing his sunnahs, it's a sunnah, it's fine,

00:36:59 --> 00:37:00

it's recommended, I don't have to do it,

00:37:01 --> 00:37:02

whatever, it's fine, no big deal.

00:37:03 --> 00:37:06

Will his obligatory prayers be stronger or will

00:37:06 --> 00:37:09

they be weaker compared to the person who

00:37:09 --> 00:37:12

never, ever misses his Rawati prayers?

00:37:13 --> 00:37:17

Like he prays his sunnah prayers regularly, consistently,

00:37:17 --> 00:37:18

every single day.

00:37:19 --> 00:37:21

How will his obligatory prayers be?

00:37:21 --> 00:37:21

Better or worse?

00:37:22 --> 00:37:24

His prayers will be much better.

00:37:24 --> 00:37:29

His obligatory prayers, okay, so it helps your

00:37:29 --> 00:37:30

obligatory.

00:37:32 --> 00:37:34

Yeah, and barium is separate, it's not connected.

00:37:39 --> 00:37:40

It prevents you.

00:37:40 --> 00:37:41

Okay, good, yeah.

00:37:41 --> 00:37:43

So it prevents you from doing better in

00:37:43 --> 00:37:44

your obligatory deeds.

00:37:44 --> 00:37:44

Good, yeah.

00:37:44 --> 00:37:47

So, your sunnah acts help your obligatory acts

00:37:47 --> 00:37:50

because the more you do your sunnah acts,

00:37:50 --> 00:37:52

the less chance there is of you being

00:37:52 --> 00:37:56

lazy or being neglectful of your obligatory acts.

00:37:57 --> 00:38:01

And the Salawat are a good example.

00:38:01 --> 00:38:02

It's a good example.

00:38:03 --> 00:38:05

Imagine a person who never missed his Rawati,

00:38:05 --> 00:38:06

every single day.

00:38:07 --> 00:38:08

Prayed his two sunnah before Fajr.

00:38:09 --> 00:38:11

Prayed his two after Isha.

00:38:11 --> 00:38:13

Two after Isha, two after Maghrib.

00:38:14 --> 00:38:15

Four before Dhuhr, two after Dhuhr.

00:38:16 --> 00:38:19

A person who never misses them, will he

00:38:19 --> 00:38:21

even enter his mind to neglect the obligatory

00:38:21 --> 00:38:22

Salawat?

00:38:23 --> 00:38:24

He won't even enter his mind.

00:38:26 --> 00:38:28

And he may even think, if he misses

00:38:29 --> 00:38:31

from the Rawati of Salawat, a sunnah prayer,

00:38:32 --> 00:38:33

he might get stressed out.

00:38:34 --> 00:38:36

He might think, I missed a sunnah.

00:38:37 --> 00:38:38

How could I miss a sunnah?

00:38:39 --> 00:38:41

In his heart, not because he knows, not

00:38:41 --> 00:38:43

because he thinks it's sinful, but because he's

00:38:43 --> 00:38:45

in a habit of doing them regularly.

00:38:46 --> 00:38:46

You understand?

00:38:46 --> 00:38:51

So your sunnah acts define how strong your

00:38:51 --> 00:38:53

obligatory acts are going to be.

00:38:54 --> 00:38:56

Salat, and also generally speaking, not just for

00:38:56 --> 00:38:58

Salat, but generally speaking, this is the case.

00:38:59 --> 00:39:02

So sunnah acts, my brothers and sisters, are

00:39:02 --> 00:39:02

important.

00:39:03 --> 00:39:06

Generally speaking, when it comes to Wudu, when

00:39:06 --> 00:39:07

it comes to Salat, when it comes to

00:39:07 --> 00:39:09

other acts of worship, the sunnah acts we

00:39:09 --> 00:39:10

shouldn't neglect.

00:39:12 --> 00:39:14

Because they are, as the brother is saying,

00:39:15 --> 00:39:18

they can end up being a barrier preventing

00:39:18 --> 00:39:21

you, we'll use your word, brother, barrier, preventing

00:39:21 --> 00:39:25

you from perfecting your wajibat, perfecting your obligatory

00:39:25 --> 00:39:25

acts.

00:39:26 --> 00:39:28

So, what are the sunnah of Wudu?

00:39:29 --> 00:39:31

Number one is the Siwak, which we spoke

00:39:31 --> 00:39:33

about in detail last week.

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So, the Siwak is a sunnah from the

00:39:36 --> 00:39:37

sunnah of Wudu.

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Just before one performs Wudu.

00:39:44 --> 00:39:48

So, a condition is something you have to

00:39:48 --> 00:39:48

do.

00:39:50 --> 00:39:51

That's why it's not considered a condition.

00:39:52 --> 00:39:54

So, one of the first sunnah we're mentioning

00:39:54 --> 00:39:55

is the Siwak.

00:39:56 --> 00:39:58

Number two, washing the hands three times.

00:39:59 --> 00:40:04

Washing the hands three times prior to beginning

00:40:04 --> 00:40:06

the Wudu is from the sunnah acts.

00:40:07 --> 00:40:12

The scholars, they use the ayah to define

00:40:12 --> 00:40:17

which actions of Wudu are obligatory.

00:40:18 --> 00:40:22

So, they say the ayah explicitly mentions things

00:40:22 --> 00:40:25

Allah commands the Muslim to wash specific parts

00:40:25 --> 00:40:27

of the body and to do specific things

00:40:27 --> 00:40:31

in Wudu in the Quran, which means these

00:40:31 --> 00:40:33

things are obligatory.

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And then the scholars discuss their discussions, deep

00:40:36 --> 00:40:38

discussions about the other things.

00:40:39 --> 00:40:42

So, number two, washing the hands three times

00:40:42 --> 00:40:44

or even if it's once, but generally speaking

00:40:44 --> 00:40:45

washing the hands.

00:40:45 --> 00:40:53

Number three, beginning with rinsing the mouth and

00:40:53 --> 00:40:54

cleaning the nose.

00:40:55 --> 00:40:57

Rinsing the mouth and cleaning the nose.

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Many of these things, as we'll see, are

00:41:00 --> 00:41:01

things that we do anyway.

00:41:02 --> 00:41:04

Meaning it's been ingrained in us.

00:41:05 --> 00:41:06

You know, if you're from a certain culture,

00:41:07 --> 00:41:10

it was normal practice to pray two raka

00:41:10 --> 00:41:11

'at after Maghrib.

00:41:12 --> 00:41:13

In the Rawatib, it was normal for us.

00:41:13 --> 00:41:15

For some of us in some cultures.

00:41:16 --> 00:41:17

You know, our parents would always tell us

00:41:18 --> 00:41:20

you know, three fardh and two sunnahs et

00:41:20 --> 00:41:21

cetera, four fardh and two sunnahs.

00:41:21 --> 00:41:23

It was a part of the way we

00:41:23 --> 00:41:24

were brought up.

00:41:24 --> 00:41:25

Almost like as if you had to pray

00:41:25 --> 00:41:25

them.

00:41:25 --> 00:41:26

In a way, it was good.

00:41:27 --> 00:41:29

It's good to know the difference between fardh

00:41:29 --> 00:41:29

and sunnah.

00:41:30 --> 00:41:30

But in a way, it was good.

00:41:31 --> 00:41:31

Likewise with Wudu.

00:41:32 --> 00:41:33

You may notice some of these things we

00:41:33 --> 00:41:34

do regularly.

00:41:35 --> 00:41:35

It's like normal.

00:41:35 --> 00:41:37

We consider it something that's important to Wudu.

00:41:38 --> 00:41:39

And that's obviously a praiseworthy and a good

00:41:39 --> 00:41:39

thing.

00:41:40 --> 00:41:42

So, rinsing the mouth and rinsing the nose.

00:41:43 --> 00:41:46

Number four, from the sunnah of Wudu is

00:41:49 --> 00:41:55

using your fingers to put water in your

00:41:55 --> 00:41:57

beard if you have a thick beard.

00:41:59 --> 00:42:00

So, ...

00:42:02 --> 00:42:07

Running your fingers through a thick beard to

00:42:07 --> 00:42:09

put water through your beard.

00:42:10 --> 00:42:12

So, if a person has a thick beard,

00:42:13 --> 00:42:16

then the sunnah is to use his fingers

00:42:17 --> 00:42:19

to run water through his beard.

00:42:20 --> 00:42:21

How do we define a thick beard?

00:42:25 --> 00:42:26

Very good.

00:42:26 --> 00:42:27

So, if you can't see the skin, it's

00:42:27 --> 00:42:29

considered to be a thick beard.

00:42:29 --> 00:42:34

If you can see the skin, then it's

00:42:34 --> 00:42:36

considered it's not considered a thick beard anymore.

00:42:37 --> 00:42:39

We'll speak more about that in detail.

00:42:39 --> 00:42:39

We're just going through.

00:42:41 --> 00:42:43

We're just going through the sunnah.

00:42:43 --> 00:42:45

So, the sunnah, if a person has a

00:42:45 --> 00:42:49

thick beard, it's recommended for them to run

00:42:49 --> 00:42:52

their fingers through the beard and put water

00:42:52 --> 00:42:53

through their beard.

00:42:54 --> 00:42:54

Okay?

00:42:54 --> 00:42:59

If a person doesn't do that, okay, is

00:42:59 --> 00:42:59

his Wudu still valid?

00:43:00 --> 00:43:02

Technically, his Wudu is still valid.

00:43:02 --> 00:43:06

Number five, attayamun, which is starting with the

00:43:06 --> 00:43:07

right side.

00:43:08 --> 00:43:09

Starting with the right side.

00:43:10 --> 00:43:12

Again, some of these things, if we saw

00:43:12 --> 00:43:14

somebody doing Wudu and starting with the left

00:43:14 --> 00:43:17

side, we'd be thinking, what are you doing?

00:43:17 --> 00:43:17

What is this?

00:43:19 --> 00:43:22

But, scholars say it's actually something which is

00:43:22 --> 00:43:24

not something which invalidates his Wudu.

00:43:26 --> 00:43:29

Okay, attayamun, they say, is something which is

00:43:29 --> 00:43:32

recommended and it's something that many of us

00:43:32 --> 00:43:33

do anyway.

00:43:33 --> 00:43:38

Number six, al-ityan bi as-sifat al

00:43:38 --> 00:43:40

-wudu al-warda fi sunnah.

00:43:40 --> 00:43:45

So, washing the parts of the body as

00:43:45 --> 00:43:47

is mentioned in the sunnah.

00:43:47 --> 00:43:52

For example, washing the body parts once, or

00:43:52 --> 00:43:54

washing the body parts twice, or washing the

00:43:54 --> 00:43:56

body parts three times.

00:43:56 --> 00:43:58

They are all considered to be a sunnah.

00:43:59 --> 00:44:00

If a person washes once, if a person

00:44:00 --> 00:44:02

washes twice, if a person washes three times,

00:44:03 --> 00:44:05

if a person washes once and didn't wash

00:44:05 --> 00:44:08

all the arm properly, for example, has he

00:44:08 --> 00:44:09

washed it properly?

00:44:09 --> 00:44:11

Has he done his obligation or not?

00:44:11 --> 00:44:13

He hasn't done his obligation because he didn't

00:44:13 --> 00:44:14

wash the whole part of the arm.

00:44:15 --> 00:44:17

So, he needs to make sure he washes

00:44:17 --> 00:44:19

it properly, all parts of the arm.

00:44:19 --> 00:44:23

So, washing the body parts once, twice, or

00:44:23 --> 00:44:23

thrice.

00:44:24 --> 00:44:25

What about four times?

00:44:26 --> 00:44:27

It's haram.

00:44:28 --> 00:44:30

Four times is not permissible for a person

00:44:30 --> 00:44:30

to do.

00:44:31 --> 00:44:34

The Prophet ﷺ never performed wudu and washed

00:44:34 --> 00:44:36

parts of the body more than three times.

00:44:36 --> 00:44:38

When you do wash, you wash thoroughly.

00:44:39 --> 00:44:41

If you're washing once, you make sure you

00:44:41 --> 00:44:41

wash thoroughly.

00:44:41 --> 00:44:43

Twice, the same thing, three times.

00:44:43 --> 00:44:44

Okay?

00:44:44 --> 00:44:45

But you don't do more than this because

00:44:45 --> 00:44:47

the Prophet ﷺ didn't do more than this.

00:44:47 --> 00:44:49

And also, if a person does do it,

00:44:49 --> 00:44:50

then he's almost doing something which he thinks

00:44:50 --> 00:44:53

is better than, or he's doing something, acting

00:44:53 --> 00:44:55

like as if it's better than what the

00:44:55 --> 00:44:56

Prophet ﷺ did.

00:44:56 --> 00:44:59

So, washing the body parts once, twice, or

00:44:59 --> 00:44:59

thrice.

00:44:59 --> 00:45:01

Number seven, the adhkar.

00:45:02 --> 00:45:05

Mentioning the adhkar related to the salah.

00:45:05 --> 00:45:05

Okay?

00:45:06 --> 00:45:09

The basmala at the beginning or saying bismillah,

00:45:09 --> 00:45:12

at tasmiyah, at the beginning, saying bismillah at

00:45:12 --> 00:45:12

the beginning of wudu.

00:45:13 --> 00:45:16

And at the end, the recommended du'a,

00:45:16 --> 00:45:18

ash hadu wa la ilaha ilallah wahdahu la

00:45:18 --> 00:45:20

sharika la wa ash hadu anna muhammadan abduhu

00:45:20 --> 00:45:21

wa rasuluh.

00:45:22 --> 00:45:24

So, these du'as, these supplications, are also

00:45:24 --> 00:45:26

supplications which are recommended.

00:45:26 --> 00:45:29

Okay, so, seven altogether.

00:45:30 --> 00:45:33

Seven, recommended acts, the siwak, washing the hands,

00:45:34 --> 00:45:36

rinsing the mouth and rinsing the nose, or

00:45:36 --> 00:45:38

snuffing water in the nose.

00:45:39 --> 00:45:43

Number four, running your fingers through your beard

00:45:43 --> 00:45:45

with water, starting with the right side, number

00:45:45 --> 00:45:45

five.

00:45:46 --> 00:45:48

Number six, washing once, twice, or three times.

00:45:48 --> 00:45:52

And number seven, mentioning the adhkar for before

00:45:52 --> 00:45:54

wudu and after wudu.

00:45:58 --> 00:46:02

That's also valid as well, that's also mentioned,

00:46:02 --> 00:46:04

that specific du'a, yeah.

00:46:06 --> 00:46:07

Okay, so inshallah, with this we're going to

00:46:07 --> 00:46:09

conclude, and we'll continue next week, inshallah.

00:46:09 --> 00:46:10

Any questions?

00:46:16 --> 00:46:17

Yeah.

00:46:17 --> 00:46:19

That could be once, twice, or thrice as

00:46:19 --> 00:46:19

well, yeah.

00:46:30 --> 00:46:30

A few?

00:46:39 --> 00:46:39

Yeah, that's fine.

00:46:41 --> 00:46:45

Yeah, because conditions are compulsory when you're doing

00:46:45 --> 00:46:45

wudu.

00:46:46 --> 00:46:49

Cleaning with siwak isn't a condition, so it's

00:46:49 --> 00:46:51

fine if you make the intention halfway.

00:46:53 --> 00:46:54

Inshallah, that's fine.

00:46:57 --> 00:46:58

Okay, some questions here.

00:46:58 --> 00:46:59

What if someone makes wudu without the intention

00:46:59 --> 00:47:02

of praying salah, but to be in a

00:47:02 --> 00:47:03

state of wudu at all times?

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Would he be rewarded for this?

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Is this something allowed?

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To do wudu without the intention of praying?

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Of course, this is something which is good,

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you're getting rewarded.

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What did we say about the definition of

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wudu?

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First thing we said, a means of worshipping

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Allah.

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Worshipping Allah through washing parts of the body.

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So it's, you're worshipping Allah when you do

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wudu.

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The Prophet, they say, he would always be

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in a state of wudu.

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Waterproof sunscreen or moisturiser is considered to cover

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the skin when making wudu.

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Yeah, I mean they do provide some sort

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of protection for the skin, that's why it's

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important when you do do wudu, you try

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to make sure you remove those kinds of

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creams, sunscreen, creams, moisturisers, Vaseline, if you have

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it on your body, you need to make

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sure it's removed when you perform wudu.

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Plasters, band-aids, same thing.

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If it's going to cause more harm, taking

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the plasters off and washing wherever the wound

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is, and it's going to cause more harm

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and more pain, then you can leave it

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on and you just try your best to

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wash around the plaster and whatever you can

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from inside the plaster without causing any harm.

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And you just try your best.

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Does the obligatory act of wiping the head

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include the ears?

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Yes, that's something we'll speak about more in

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the future inshallah.

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Are we allowed to wash both our mouth

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and nose at the same time?

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Yes, inshallah we'll discuss.

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When we speak about the actual acts of

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how to do wudu, there are numerous ways

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of rinsing the mouth and nose and we'll

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speak about those inshallah next week.

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Any other questions?

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If it wasn't intentional, then inshallah it's fine.

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If it wasn't intentional, it's fine.

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No, you just carry on.

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