Karim Abuzaid – The Path to Precision – Common Mistakes in Taharah
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The importance of the word "meeting" in Islam is discussed, as it is used to describe actions taken by the church. The church has created legal maximals for individuals to address issues related to religion, but mistakes are also common in public settings. The importance of providing evidence to support actions of worship and learning to clean one's private parts is emphasized, along with the need to avoid mistakes and common mistakes. The speaker emphasizes the importance of perfecting one's readiness to achieve personal fulfillment and happiness, before spending time in the church.
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My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam,
Islam, first of all, I just wanna disclaim
the word scholar. I'm not a scholar.
Yeah. And with all and I love you,
but
I am not a scholar. I'm a student
of knowledge, and I'm seeking knowledge,
but I would,
you know, omit this peace there
Talking about Tahara,
the word Tahara means
purification.
And, normally, when the word is mentioned,
we,
turn it into an exclusive
physical tahara.
Although
the spiritual Tahara
is extremely important,
which is the Tahara
of the
center,
the focal
point
between you and divine.
The prophet
mentioned
Indeed,
in your heart, in your body, there is
a limb, which is the heart in reference
to the heart.
If it is sound,
the rest of the body will be sound.
And if it is corrupt,
the rest of the body will be corrupted
as well.
So when we
address the subject of
brothers and sisters in Islam,
we have to include that part
because this is the place where Allah
looks at us.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala does not look at
your figures
nor how you look, but Allah
looks at this heart.
And
you may
find some disconnect between you and divine,
between you and the guidance
being affected by the recitation of the Quran.
There is some defect in that medium and
that's why you have to purify it.
And the prophet
mentioned that
the reason why our hearts
sometimes
need some,
you know, refining,
some fixing because of the sins.
Whenever you commit a sin,
a dark stain is placed on on the
outer service of the heart.
And if you do not
come back,
if you do not ask for forgiveness,
that sin will stay there. And guess what?
If you do another one, another
stain will be added
and that would turn into
as mentioned in the Quran,
It would turn into Iran
and here is the risk of that, that
Iran could turn into a seal.
That the heart is sealed
no more.
Nothing goes in, nothing goes out. And that's
the danger of that brothers and sisters in
Islam.
All I understand the, essence of the lecture
series that the, your masjid is is trying
to
is to correct our.
And,
allow me today
to address,
a legal maxim.
They call
it. You know, the scholars of this, they
they are trying to make the religion as
easy as possible
on brothers and sisters who would have a
hard time
comprehending,
you know, complicated stuff like and
all of that. So they
they came up with something they call it
legal maxims,
a statement which would cover
so many things under under it.
The
the legal maxim, which I would,
like to share with you today, which is
relevant to our subject,
and I I'm gonna articulate it in Arabic
first, then I will say the meanings in
English, and I hope you can memorize it
in
Anyone memorize that?
No?
One more time?
That's one section.
The default rule, when I say in us,
the the the the default, the basic rule.
All acts of worship
are banned
unless you provide an evidence
to do it.
But for you to worship Allah,
show me evidence.
Why?
Sayyid,
on the other hand,
customs,
habits,
eating, drinking,
sleeping, whatever it is, is permissible
unless
there is a Dalil to ban it,
to make it forbidden.
That is the legal maxim that I want
to
address.
Where is
the base or the foundation? Where did the
scholars
found
this particular
legal maximon? There must be evidence. Yes.
Hadith,
Whoever introduces
something
into this religion,
which the prophet
never
sanctioned,
never legislated,
It's rejected.
It's not gonna be accepted.
Good luck with that.
There is a wording,
the Muslim.
This is the wording of.
The wording of
If you act,
if you do something
that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam did
not do,
it's it's still gonna be accepted. You're wasting
your time.
You're wasting your time. You're you're putting a
lot of efforts
for something that
will not be rewarded.
Why why are we saying this?
Because
acts of worship in Islam
Islam
acts of worship, rituals in Islam are tawkifi.
What does tawkifi means? Before you do it,
stop
What is the evidence and how it's done?
Pray as you have seen me pray.
Obviously, we have not seen the prophet
physically praying,
but his companions
trans
submitted that information to us in details.
The famous book of, Sheikh Al Bani
is is
he based this he based his his book
in this beautiful hadith
where he compiled
all the pieces of evidence which validate
every posture, every move in the salah.
What to do when you stand up? What
where is the hand should go? How to
bow down?
Everything.
He he called up on water and he
need in a certain way and then he,
Uthman
said to, the people around him, the prophet
did the same thing. Then he said
what?
Whoever makes will do exactly like a
or means what?
Close because exactly
could be a little bit hard to achieve
here.
And we have Hadith al Hajj.
Hadith Jabir.
Muslim.
What?
Learn the rituals from me.
Learn the rituals from me.
When we talk about mistakes
in these acts of worship,
These mistakes, by the way, can be elevated
to shirk.
How?
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in Surat Ishura, and
please correct me if I mess up with
the verse,
Do you have partners who legislated from the
religion something that Allah did not legislate?
Sometimes,
actually,
certain beliefs
regarding certain innovations
in Islam
can be elevated to that. When you follow
a sheikh or you follow some human being
who would say, okay. I want you to,
do 40 days that, do 50 days that,
and do that,
Who who legislated this for you?
Who legislated
this for you?
Brothers and sisters in Islam, when we say
What this can be translated to?
No one has the right to be worshiped
except who?
Why?
His lordship. He created, he provides
for you. When I say
What I'm trying to say too?
What?
No one is entitled
to being followed
strictly except who? The messenger of Allah
We have to clear this from
an,
you know, a scary statement
of Al Imam Malik.
And Al Imam Malik made that statement commenting,
on the verse,
When the prophet
received this verse,
in on on the day of Arafa,
Imam Malik commented on this. He said
that means whoever
introduces
anything into this religion and he admires it
look at this.
You're making it claim that Mohammed betrayed his
his his his message.
Because you're adding something. You're basically saying the
prophet forgot to add that. So I'm
that's how serious this matter is.
Islam has to be
subjected
to evidence.
Why why are we saying that?
Because
sometimes,
people who introduce
innovations
into the religion of Islam,
When you talk to them,
try to stop them,
kindly, nicely.
Hikmah, mawraba Hasina, we try all of that.
The first thing that they tell you, what
is the evidence that I cannot use I
cannot do that? That's the one thing that
they ask you. They ask you for what?
They ask you for what? For evidence.
Take, for example, the famous
Ma'oli thing that we come across every year.
So
when you tell them, you know,
brother,
this was introduced
later on at the hands of the Shia
Muslims.
Don't do it, please.
What is the evidence I cannot use it?
How do you respond to that?
Who is supposed to furnish the evidence
based on that rule? Who?
You're supposed to provide the evidence that you
can use that, that you can do that.
Not me.
Please listen, if you're doing this, worshiping Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala, that means you have to
have an evidence.
Evidence that means
or the Sahaba did it. The companions did
it. There is nothing. There is none.
So how do you validate that? Oh, we
love Rasulullah.
Yeah. We love him too. But,
you know, if you love Allah, subhanahu wa
ta'ala, follow Rasulullah.
And if you love Rasulullah, follow him.
Hope is adherence.
It is necessary
to, begin this beautiful series, which, I'm sure,
half of, and
the rest of the team will bring you
a variety of speakers to talk about the
subject,
is to understand
that
acts of worship in Islam are not
subject to Hawa, are not subject to stihsan,
are not subject I feel like doing it.
I feel like doing it. Like, you know,
for
the the other day I was, in Egypt
and I was leading the salah. And right
after the salah, the brother was praying in
front of me,
he went down in sajda,
a
prolonged sajda.
And then he, you know, he stood up
and he he sat down.
So I said, you're reciting Quran after the
salah.
It's Sajid Tilawah. I knew what he's doing
so, you know, but I you know, I'm
acting up like
so as if I thought we do the
adkar after the salayani, but you recite in
Quran and you came across, Sajdaf
no. No. No. I'm making dua.
Making dua?
Yeah.
What's wrong with that? He said, what's wrong
with that? Because there is nothing to validate
that.
Will the prophet
didn't he say
The closest
a a Muslim can be to Allah in
salah is when?
When? In sujood.
So I'm trying to make sujood so I
can make du'a. I said, glad, this is
end of salah.
But never the prophet
went into sujood to make du'a.
Where are you getting this from? Yeah. The
prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam went into sujood
because of tilawah
or went into sujood because of shuk.
We know that
But not to make dua.
Yeah. You may make dua
during
when you're making sujood.
That is, yeah, that is something that you
can
you cannot because a lot of Muslims, unfortunately,
they this this sounds like a good thing.
You know? This is a good no.
No. No. No. No. If if the religion
if we're gonna,
take,
that
path,
then misguidance.
The entire religion will be,
simply
threatened by,
basically being manipulated.
Well, you've been ordered to,
get to the essence of the subject, so
at least I I contributed
to the, mistakes in the Sahara,
allow me to go over
the bathroom.
Hadith
The prophet
one day, he was riding his mule. I
think if it's a mule or a camel,
I can't remember, but he was riding something.
And by all the sudden, whatever he was
riding started, what,
acting
funny
to the extent that the prophet
was about to be thrown
full down from the top of whatever he
was riding.
Then immediately,
the prophet
pointed to 2 graves.
Those individuals
who are buried
in this
2 group in these 2 2 graves,
they are being punished now.
Said,
they thought this is not much.
They are being punished right now and this
is why my animal,
my whatever I'm riding acted this way. They
acted in this manner.
They are being punished
and they are being punished over something that
they belittled.
That's what it means.
They didn't think it's big.
So what did they do for them to
receive a punishment in the grave?
As for the first,
he goes with Namima. He goes around people
and just
spoil
relationships.
He passes on words from here today. He
just messes around communities
because of his actions.
The second, the prophet
mentioned,
Those 3, these are 3 authentic worded wording
of the hadith.
And the third is what?
What is the third?
What is the difference between those 3? Because
that is the first mistake a lot of
us do.
That
he doesn't
make sure
that his
private
area is clear of the urine.
Brothers and sisters in Islam, this is an
extremely serious matter. The prophet
mentioned that the majority of the people
who get punished in the grave due
to because
of urine
because of urine.
Because they don't clean
themselves.
They have issue
with
drops of urine,
and they do not make sure.
But, again, I don't wanna invite you here
to reach Louis Sois, you know, because we
have some brothers also who go to the
extreme when it comes to this subject. He
would spend an hour in the bathroom,
you know, making sure that
no.
There are ways to go about that.
Alright?
First of all, you have to clean the
private part
with water.
Yes. Tab it.
Or, with
with water, with rock, with,
toilet papers, whatever you and I was there.
You remove the impurity
from that part.
Now if there are drops of water that
may land
on your
private underwear, that area,
at least sprinkle water on it. Put some
water in there.
You make sure that this area is clean.
The third wording, by the way, which is
very interesting,
You know we live in the West here
and,
when when we
see non Muslims going into bathrooms, they don't
care about whether you see their private parts
or not. Muslims should not do that.
You're not supposed
to expose your private parts to anybody. You're
not supposed to look at other people's private
parts.
And this is what is meant,
And that is why the prophet
when he would
go and relieve himself,
he would what? Walk far out,
distant himself.
He would distance himself from everybody,
and he would actually hide away.
So the
first area,
brothers and sisters in Islam,
the first mistake which you must pay attention
to,
And,
I I I'm amazed at Abid Darda
when he
explained
to be that act.
You know what Abu Darda said?
Said? That you're in the bathroom
and you believe that Allah sees what you're
doing and you're keen
on cleaning yourself
well
because this is a manna.
Why why this is important?
Because you're gonna go pray.
Now, dasalah could be
invalid because
of negligence in this area. That's why you
have to pay attention to it.
Your salah that you're about to everything that
you're gonna do after that
is really nullified
because of the fact
that you didn't pay attention to
your tahara,
of the body, tahara, of the cloth,
and later on the tahara of the place
that you're about to pray. So this is
number 1.
Pay attention to this.
You know this verse was revealed regarding Masjid
Qibah. Please don't hadith Abu Luh Ibn Abbas
and others more than in
that Allah
praised the people of Kibah.
When he compared
Masjid Durar, the Masjid which the hypocrites
built to scheme and plot against Muslims when
they compared,
you know, this Masjid to this Masjid.
Based on hadith
the prophet asked them, the
the word of is authentic.
The the the prophet asked them, what do
you do? They said we insist in using
water
to clean, to remove the impurity.
Although you may use other
items like rocks, like,
you know, paper towel, you can do that.
But they would insist actually on washing their
private parts with water. The prophet said,
This is it.
This is the first area.
The first area that you,
you know, with the tahara, you know, when
you enter the bathroom.
Also, you know, following the etiquettes of of
of the bathroom when you enter,
what should you say? Yeah?
What should you say?
And you should enter with the right or
the left?
The left. Right?
Now,
what should you,
you know, when when you're done basically cleaning
yourself?
And I love to mention that in context
of the
conversation Salman the Virgin had with, a major,
I think was a major, one of the
2.
You know,
Muslim. Your religion teaches you everything
even how to go to the bathroom.
Is how to relieve yourself. What kind of
religion is that?
What kind of religion is that? Look look
at look at, Salman,
you know? Salman, al Farisi the virgin. He
was proud. Yes.
Rasulullah
told us that
we shouldn't
use our right to clean
our private areas. We should use
our left, and we should at least
use,
rocks
three times.
And this is, by the way, a mistake
many Muslims do not pay attention to.
That when you remove impurities
from your private parts
using other than water,
you have to use it thrice,
3 times minimum.
You got that? That's a mistake. Some Muslims
does it just one time and that no.
Minimum three times. You have to do that.
That's based on Hadith Salman right here. He
told us not to use the right hand.
Use what?
The left hand and at least 3 times.
But what if you use 3 times and
you still have impurities?
Go on.
Until what?
It's completely removed.
But the minimum is what?
3
times.
So this is the baffling area. Also,
if if you're doing it in in open
area,
make sure that you're not facing the or,
you're back to the. That's hadith and,
Ibn Umar.
Yani, Ibn Umar saw the prophet
when he went up to the house, the
roof of the house. He saw the prophet,
facing the the the qibla.
So the scholars,
made this exclusive
to,
you know, relieving yourself out in in the
open, then you shouldn't be facing the.
And we know Abu Ayub al Ansari,
he said, when we went to sham,
that that also shows you that you should
also strive
not to face the
even in a closed area.
Abu Ayuel Ansari said, when we went to
sham,
we found them having their bathrooms
facing
the qiblah.
So we would sit to relieve ourselves but
would what swerve, with what
take an angle.
Although so look at that. Look, Ekwa, this
is this is, this is
this is something that is so important that
shows you
that you care about Allah
command. You care about following the sunnah of
the prophet.
This is the area of,
the bathroom.
Allah has guided you that you went to
the bathroom, you relieved yourself,
you cleaned,
the impurities
from your body parts,
from your cloth.
Now it's time to make a
common mistake, and I'm I'm sure not in
Greenlane.
Allah reward the brothers here for their continuous
education of the community,
is
articulating
the intention
before making ludu.
Unheard of.
Can you do that?
That you say what?
Dania with your tongue.
And niyah where? Dania is where?
I mean,
our chief did this in front of us,
you know, you know.
Okay, brothers. I intend
to move the phone from this place to
this place.
I intend to move it back.
What is that?
Is,
is something that is in the heart between
you and Allah
where you resolve to do something. That's it.
That you resolve
in your heart to do something. That's it.
Just the thought.
Okay. I'm gonna go make
Your heart. You'll walk into the washing area.
Right? To the washing area. You're gonna make.
That's the name. But you don't have to
to say I intend
to make wudu.
Also,
another mistake that many Muslims assume that I'm
making wudu for duhr.
Right?
I'm making wudu for salatul duhr. When you
make wudu, you're making wudu for what?
Just to be in the state of purity.
You recite the Quran, if you wanna do
dhikr with it, if if if you wanna,
you know,
pray.
As long as you are in that state,
you can pray actually the 5 daily prayers.
There is no harm in this. You can
actually do that. But there is no wudu.
There is no certain wudu exclusive for a
certain salah.
The,
other thing brothers and sisters in Islam,
which is the prophet
mentioned
A lot of us sometimes,
you know, and I'm gonna make this relevant
to our lifestyle here in the West, that
you would be working and, you know, wearing
these nice clothes
and the, you know, maybe suit and tie.
This will create a lot of discomfort
for you,
a lot of discomfort
that you have to untie this and button
this and do this.
You you need to understand there is a
tremendous
amount of reward in this
when you do it. Don't be uptight. Don't
be upset.
Don't be upset. Don't be uptight.
The Sahaba used
they used to wash
themselves
with water that is
extremely cold in the winter. They didn't have
heated water
like we do.
So this is our, you know, challenge that
you have to do this,
in in that environment.
But remember the prophet
mentioned
that
That you
strive to perfect
your wudu
despite the dislikes
that you may have
as you're about to pursue that.
And remember, you know,
what is the one thing is gonna give
you a distinction on the day of judgment?
Give you a different look than anyone else.
What?
Who do?
How Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wa sallam would recognize
you on the day of judgment?
You know, hadith abi hurrayla when
he went to the,
al Baqiyyah, the cemetery,
then he said I can't wait till I
see my
my beloved.
They said, we
thought
the companions said, we thought we are
your beloved. He said, no, you're my companions,
but
my beloved are those who will come after
me.
They never seen me,
and they will believe and follow me.
How will you recognize them, oh Rasool Allah,
on the day of judgment? The prophet
said,
Imagine these body parts will shine on the
day of judgment.
You will shine, illuminate.
That's how Rasulullah is gonna recognize you.
The radiance of will reach as far as
what?
As far as the water goes.
We may do it. He used to what?
Add.
He wanna increase that aura. He wanna increase
that radiance.
So you really have to look at the
wudu to be what? A very special act
of worship.
Not just, you know, you're trying to watch
out and fight about that. That is an
act of worship.
There is more than one hadith
that your sins
come down
with every drop of water.
The prophet
giving you this beautiful
similitude. He said,
imagine
you have
a river
in front of your house.
Every day, you jump in it and bathe
5 times.
Do you think any
of
the
stains or any of the dirt will be
left on your body?
No.
That's what the what the does for you.
The prophet
hadith Omar, he says whoever makes,
then he says after he makes,
This is one wording.
If he adds
the
Oh Allah, count me amongst those
who purify themselves
and those who repent often.
The 8th
gates of Jannah will be open for you.
Are you foggling her?
What other,
honor
than this?
This is an act of worship. You have
to look at it this way, brothers and
sisters in Islam,
and that's why you have to perfect it.
You have to make it the way the
prophet
made it. I
love this hadith hadith
Be upright. Be firm. Be straightforward. Be straightforward.
Be
steadfast.
And
if you want things that can help you
to be steadfast,
you will not count them.
Many.
Many
of them.
You can even finish your life doing them,
but
here's one thing which can help you stay
steadfast.
And be informed that the best act of
worship which can keep you steadfast
is a salah.
Here it is. Here
is the point of reference.
And only a believer
will keep up with.
The scholars said
that quality,
that is one meaning, or
maintaining the statement of.
Always. You lose your, you go and make
always.
Well, you let's,
and and,
I don't know how long I still have.
Yeah. Well, we'll do only 10 minutes
because, you know,
let's take some
mistakes,
when it comes to,
the wudu.
The first mistake that a lot of Muslims
may not pay attention to
is they do not
wash
this bones, the hands,
this part
before they make.
Of course, coming out of the bathroom, you
know, you
you had some exchange with your private area.
So
obviously,
you should begin with what?
With that.
But here is the mistake. If some brothers
would actually do this, then when they wash
their hands, they don't start from here.
They actually leave that area, and that's a
mistake.
You see, when you wash your hand, this
is part of the hand.
You have to do that.
How many times?
That's it. 3, that's it.
Maximum 3.
You could do it one time.
You could do it 2 times.
You could do it 3 times.
Right?
So actually you can wash the body parts
only what?
One time and your will do is what?
It's valid.
You guys are looking at me like I'm
bringing a new religion here. You didn't hear
that before or something?
I mean, this is an authentic hadith. The
prophet said to do and he watched only
one time.
I'm not making up, guys. You know? I'm
not I'm not I'm not gonna do that.
And if I'm making it up, then I'm
sorry. You know? I'm I'm wrong.
You could do also 2 times.
Why why such legislation is important? You know,
I found it very practical sometimes, you know,
when you are in the airplane
trying to make in the in that small
tiny bathroom
where they have that faucet that much.
Now you don't have to do 3 times.
Just one time because, you know, it's the
because you're gonna mess up the whole area
now. You're gonna have to bring napkin and
clean and, you know, because you you don't
wanna lose the bathroom messy, you know, for
the people.
So one time is enough. Also, if you're
in the desert and you you don't have
enough water
and you you possibly be making from drinking
water,
why would you do 3 times when you
need that water for drinking? So there are
some situations
where you actually may need to implement that
sunnah, and there is nothing wrong with that.
But in any rate, minimum is what? One
time. But you may do it twice,
thrice. But more than that is what?
That's it.
Another,
Yani,
famous,
mistake in the, quite frankly,
is when we do
the
A lot of the brothers
separate
the rinsing of the mouth from the nose.
So we do this one time, 2 times,
3 times, then what? One time, 2 times?
No. Supposed to be what?
Together,
Not 6 times.
You see, you do it 6 times because
you separated what? The mouth from the nose.
No. The prophet
used to do what?
The mouth and the nose
at the same time. I think there is
a word concurrently
something like that. Right?
Here it is.
So you rinse the mouth
rinse the mouth.
And also, another thing that the prophet
used to do,
just don't do like that. Some people just
do like that. No. You're supposed
supposed to get these things out of there.
There are things out there. Right?
What do you call what do you guys
call them in in England? We call them
boogers in America.
These things have to come out.
You know, this the dirt inside.
Actually exaggerate,
overdo it regarding unless
you are what? You are,
fasting.
So this is something that a lot of
Muslims also,
don't pay attention to because,
you know, they end up separating those 2.
Obviously,
a lot of of us sometimes may
not pay attention to the body parts and
the fact that the water reaches the prophet
we know in in one hadith
that he saw a companion who performed wudu,
and he left what?
That much on his
ankle. Right?
He actually asked one of his companions,
to these places from the hellfire.
So you gotta make sure that the water
reaches
this area.
I'm sure the brothers and the sis the
brothers who will come and and take that
seat, in the future We'll talk more to
you about,
some of these common mistakes when it comes
to,
Tahara.
But so that, at least I touched
on all elements of Tahara.
We have
who Allah
has, guided me that I
I wrote an entire book,
called
Pray
the Prophet's Way. Let's pray the Prophet's Way.
It's available for free on my website
where,
I talked about, a lot of the issues
when it comes to.
But,
the last thing so that I touched on
the bathroom, on
and
finally on is
it is
a must that you have an intention
before you take us
that you're not just
refreshing yourself,
you're not just
washing yourself.
This
that you're making
is
for the purpose of
moving from the state of,
or to the state of Tahara because sometimes
when we be making Rustler, for example, for
Jummah, not necessarily
to uplift,
a state of, ritual impurity.
And,
we enjoy our stay here with, your,
community.
For his hospitality
and taking a very good care of us.
I enjoyed that workshop teaching one of my
books, on tafsir,
the road map to Al Imran.
And the community has started the glass.
You should be actually,
joining these classes in the weekend.
I think it's time, brothers and sisters in
Islam, that we reconnect
ourselves with the Quran, with the revelation.
And when I say the Quran, I mean
the Quran and Sunnah, you know.
But, you know, the Quran should be the
the the the point here and,
I learned today that,
next,
month, they're gonna have
next week or something, the reserve.
Engage engage in learning the religion inshallah.