SS I Week 9

Date: Monday 4th July, 2022.

Subject: Islamic studies

Topic: Al-Wudu

What is Al-Wudu?

Al-Wudu is the washing of the whole body with the pure or clean water. 

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Component of the Al-Wudu

There are three (3) component of Al-Wudu.

1. Fard or wajib (Obligatory)

2. Sunnah (recommendable)

3 Mustahabah ( desire)

Fara'id acts of Wudu

This is the obligatory or compulsory steps of wudu. They are seven (7) in numbers:

• Making intention ( Niyyah).
• wash the face (forehead to chin and ear to ear)
• wash hands and arms (From fingertips until the elbow, including the elbow)
• Wiping over the whole head (Masah)
• Washing feet including the ankles once
• Performing the wudu’ without long pauses between steps,
• Rubbing the wet limbs during wudu.

Sunnah acts of Wudu

There are eight (8) sunnah acts of wudu’:

• Washing hands until the wrists at the beginning,
• Rinsing mouth,
• Inhaling water into nose,
• Blowing out the water from the nose,
• Wiping head from back to front (after front to back),
• Wiping in and out of the ears,
• Wiping the ears a second time after wetting hands again,
• Following the order when doing the fard acts during wudu’.

Mustahab acts of Wudu’

• Saying “Bismillahi”
• Performing wudu’ in a clean place,
• Using minimal water during wudu’,
• If using an open container to take wudu’, placing it on the right side,
• Washing limbs thrice,
• When wiping head, beginning with wiping from front to back,
• Brushing teeth with a miswak,
• Washing the limbs on the right before left,
• Following the order when doing the sunnah acts during wudu’.