Wudoo’ (5)
Be thorough in rinsing the mouth and snuffing water, as mentioned in the hadeeth:
… and be thorough in snuffing water unless you are fasting.
The meaning of being thorough in rinsing the mouth is to pass the water around to all parts of the mouth. The meaning of being thorough in snuffing water is to snuff the water to the uppermost part of the nose.
[Aboo Dawood, The Book of Fasting; Hadeeth 2366. At-Tirmidhee, The Book of Fasting; Hadeeth 788. An-Nisaaee', The Book of Purification; Hadeeth 87. Ibn Maajah, The Book of Purification and Its Sunan; Hadeeth 407]
Wudoo’ (4)
Expel water from the nose using the left hand:
He (Prophet; may Allaah’s peace be upon him) washed his hands three times, then rinsed his mouth, snuffed water and blew it out.* Then he washed his face three times…
*The use of the left hand was not explicitly mentioned in this hadeeth, but there is a narration of Ad-Daarimee,
‘Abd Khayr said, ‘… we were sitting, while looking towards ‘Alee (may Allaah be pleased with him) as he was performing wudoo’. He entered a handful of water into his mouth with his right hand and washed his mouth and nose and he then expelled the water from his nose with his left hand. He did this three times and then said, ‘Whoever wants to see the way of purification of the Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah’s peace be upon him), then this is his purification’.’
Shaykh al-Albanee said that this hadeeth has an authentic chain of narrators in his notes on Al-Mishkaat. It is worth noticing that this follows the same principle in footnote in the previous chapter. Also, refer to the reference of Zaad Al-Ma’aad by Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned in hadeeth reference (below).
[Al-Bukhaaree, The Book of Ablution; Hadeeth 164. Muslim, The Book of Purification, Hadeeth 226. Zaad Al-Ma'aad, The Way of The Prophet (may Allaah's peace be upon him) In Ablution]
Wudoo’ (3)
Rinse the mouth and snuff water into the nose before washing the face.
Wudoo’ (2)
Wash both hands three times at the start of wudoo’.
Wudoo: Ablution
Wudoo’ (1)
Begin [wudoo] with at-tasmiyah*:
In the Name of Allaah.
This is based on the hadeeth of Aboo Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him):
There is no prayer for the person who has not performed wudoo’ and there is no wudoo’ for the one who does not mention the Name of Allaah.
There is a difference of opinion amongst the scholars regarding this hadeeth. Shaykh al-Albaanee has mentioned the scholars who have declared this hadeeth as good or authentic in Irwaa Al-Ghaleel, Volume 1, Hadeeth 81.
*Tasmiyah: The phrase ‘bismillaah.’
[Aboo Daawood, The Book of Purification; Hadeeth 101. At-Tirmidhee, The Book of Purification; Hadeeth 25. Ibn Maajah, The Book of Purification and Its Sunan; Hadeeth 397]
Entering and Leaving the Toilet (3)
Supplicate when leaving [the toilet]:
I ask You (Allaah) for forgiveness.
[Aboo Daawood, The Book of Purification; Hadeeth 30. At-Tirmidhee, The Book of Purification, Hadeeth 7. Ibn Maajah, The Book of Purification and Its Sunan, Hadeeth 300]
Entering and Leaving the Toilet (2)
Supplicate when entering the toilet:
O Allaah, I seek refuge in You from al-khubth and al-khabaa’ith.
Al-khubth and al-khabaa’ith — These are male and female devils.* In order to be protected by Allaah from their evil, one should seek refuge from them when entering the toilet. The toilet is one of their places of abode.
*There are two opinions as to the meaning of al-khubth and al-khabaa’ith. The first is that it means, all evil and evildoers and the second is that it means, male and female devils. The Shaykh follows the latter opinion.
[Al-Bukhaaree, The Book of Ablution; Hadeeth 142. Muslim, The Book of Menstruation, Hadeeth 375.]
