METHOD OF WUDHU (ABLUTION) (HANAFI)
PLEASE READ THIS BOOKLET FROM BEGINNING TO END. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
OF YOU BECOMING AWARE OF MANY SHORTCOMINGS IN THE WAY YOU PERFORM WUDHU.
EXCELLENCE OF DUROOD SHAREEF
THE HOLY PROPHET HAS SAID, `ANYONE WHO RECITES DUROOD UPON ME THREE TIMES IN THE DAY AND THREE TIMES IN THE EVENING OUT OF LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR ME, ALLAH WILL FORGIVE THE SINS HE HAS COMMITTED THAT DAY AND NIGHT`. (AT`TARGHEEB WAT`TARHEEB, V2, P328)

THE PROPHETIC LOVE OF USMAN-E-GHANI
SAYYIDUNA USMAN-E-GHANI ONCE HAD SOME WATER BROUGHT FOR HIM IN ORDER TO PERFORM WUDHU, AFTER THE COMPLETION OF WUDHU HE SMILED, AND ASKED HIS COMPANIONS IF THEY KNEW WHY HE HAD SMILED, THEN HE ANSWERED HIMSELF, `ONCE THE HOLY PROPHET PERFORMED WUDHU AT THIS VERY PLACE AND THEN SMILED AND ASKED HIS COMPANIONS, `DO YOU KNOW WHY I SMILED?` THE COMPANIONS REPLIED, `ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER KNOW BEST`. THE BLESSED PROPHET SAID, `WHEN A PERSON PERFORMS WUDHU AND WASHES HIS HANDS, THE SINS OF HIS HANDS AND WHEN HE WASHES HIS FACE THE SINS OF HIS FACE AND WHEN HE WIPES HIS HEAD THE SINS OF HIS HEAD AND WHEN HE WASHES HIS FEET THE SINS OF HIS FEET ARE WASHED AWAY.`` (MULAKHKHASAN MUSNAD IMAM AHMAD, V1, P130, HADITH 415, DAR-UL-FIKR BEIRUT)
MY DEAR ISLAMIC BROTHERS! DO YOU SEE HOW THE BLESSED COMPANIONS WOULD IMITATE EVERY SINGLE HABIT AND SUNNAH OF THE HOLY PROPHET WITH GREAT PASSION AND DEVOTION. THIS NARRATION ALSO TELLS US A REMEDY FOR SINS. ALHAMDU-LILLAH RINSING ONE`S MOUTH RESULTS IN THE SINS OF THE MOUTH, WASHING ONE`S NOSE RESULTS IN THE SINS OF THE NOSE, WASHING ONE`S FACE RESULTS IN THE SINS OF NOT JUST THE FACE BUT ALSO THE EYELIDS, WASHING THE HANDS RESULTS IN THE SINS OF NOT JUST THE HANDS BUT THE NAILS, WIPING THE HEAD (AND EARS) RESULTS IN THE SINS OF THE HEAD AND EARS AND WASHING THE FEET RESULTS IN NOT ONLY THE SINS OF BOTH FEET BUT THE SINS BENEATH THE TOE NAILS, BEING WASHED AWAY.
STORY OF SINS BEING ERASED
ALLAMA ABDUL WAHHAB SHA`RANI SAYS THAT ONCE SAYYIDUNA IMAM-E-AZAM ABU HANIFA WAS IN THE WUDHU AREA OF THE JAMI` MASJID IN KUFA AND SAW A YOUNG MAN PERFORMING WUDHU. DROPS OF WATER WERE DRIPPING FROM HIS BODY, THE IMAM SAID, `SON! REPENT FROM DISOBEYING YOUR PARENTS`, THE YOUNG MAN INSTANTLY REPLIED, `I REPENT`. THE IMAM THEN SAW DROPS OF WATER DRIPPING FROM THE BODY OF ANOTHER MAN AND SAID, `BROTHER! REPENT FROM ADULTERY`, THE MAN REPLIED, `I REPENT`. THE IMAM THEN SAW DROPS OF WATER DRIPPING FROM THE BODY OF A THIRD PERSON AND SAID, `REPENT FROM CONSUMING ALCOHOL AND LISTENING TO MUSIC`, HE REPLIED, `I REPENT`. SAYYIDUNA IMAM ABU HANIFA HAD BEEN GIVEN THE POWER OF KASHF (SPIRITUAL INSIGHT) AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THE FAULTS OF PEOPLE BUT HE ASKED ALLAH TO TAKE THIS POWER AWAY FROM HIM. ALLAH ACCEPTED HIS REQUEST, AND FROM THEN ON HE COULD NO LONGER SEE THE SINS OF PEOPLE DURING WUDHU. (AL MIZAN-UL-KUBRA, V1, P130, DAR-UL-KUTUBUL ILMIYYAH BEIRUT)

THE WHOLE BODY WILL BE PURIFIED
TWO AHADITH SUMMARISED TELL US THAT ANYONE WHO BEGINS WUDHU SAYING PURIFIES HIS WHOLE BODY FROM HEAD TO TOE, BUT ANYONE WHO DOES NOT SAY THESE WORDS WILL ONLY PURIFY THE LIMBS THAT ARE WASHED`. (SUNAN DAR QUTNI, V1, P158-159, HADITH 228-229)
EXCELLENCE OF SLEEPING IN A STATE OF WUDHU
A HADITH STATES, `A PERSON WHO SLEEPS IN A STATE OF WUDHU IS SIMILAR TO SOMEONE WHO WORSHIPS IN A STATE OF FASTING`. (KANZ-UL-UMMAL, V9, P123, HADITH 25994)
THE ONE WHO DIES IN A STATE OF WUDHU IS A MARTYR
THE HOLY PROPHET SAID TO SAYYIDUNA ANAS , `SON! IF YOU CAN SPEND ALL YOUR TIME IN A STATE OF WUDHU THEN DO SO, BECAUSE WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH CAPTURES THE SOUL OF A PERSON IN A STATE OF WUDHU, HE IS WRITTEN DOWN AS A MARTYR`. (KANZ-UL-UMMAL, V9, HADITH 26060, DAR-UL-KUTUBUL ILMIYYAH BEIRUT)
ALAHAZRAT IMAM AHMAD RAZA KHAN SAYS THAT TO REMAIN IN A STATE OF WUDHU AT ALL TIMES IS DESIRABLE. (FATAWA-E-RAZAWIYYAH, V1, P702, RAZA FOUNDATION LAHORE)
A TIP TO AVOID CALAMITIES
ALLAH SAID TO SAYYIDUNA MUSA , `O MUSA! IF YOU FACE A CALAMITY WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN A STATE OF WUDHU THEN BLAME YOURSELF ONLY`. (IBID (SAME REFERENCE AS BEFORE))
`REMAINING IN A STATE OF WUDHU AT ALL TIMES IS A SUNNAH OF ISLAM`. (IBID)
7 BENEFITS OF STAYING IN A STATE OF WUDHU AT ALL TIMES
IMAM-E-AHLESUNNAT IMAM AHMAD RAZA KHAN SAYS, `SOME A`RIFIN (GNOSTICS) HAVE SAID THAT ANY ONE WHO STAYS IN A STATE OF WUDHU AT ALL TIMES WILL BE AWARDED 7 BENEFITS BY ALLAH :-
(1) ANGELS WILL DESIRE TO BE IN HIS COMPANY. (2) THE PEN WILL CONSTANTLY WRITE VIRTUOUS DEEDS FOR HIM. (3) HIS LIMBS WILL PRAISE ALLAH . (4) HE WILL NEVER MISS HIS TAKBEER OOLA (FIRST TAKBEER OF SALAAH). (5) WHEN HE SLEEPS ALLAH WILL SEND ANGELS TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE EVIL OF JINN AND HUMANS. (6) HE WILL DIE AN EASY DEATH. (7) HE WILL REMAIN IN THE PROTECTION OF ALLAH FOR AS LONG AS HE IS IN THIS STATE. (IBID, P702-703)
DOUBLE THE REWARD
WE ALL KNOW THAT PERFORMING WUDHU IS HARD WHEN IT`S COLD, OR WHEN WE ARE TIRED OR SUFFER FROM A FLU, HEADACHE OR ANY OTHER ILLNESS BUT IF SOMEONE DOES SUCCEED IN PERFORMING WUDHU IN A STATE OF DIFFICULTY, THEN ACCORDING TO A HADITH HE WILL BE REWARDED TWICE AS MUCH.(MULAKHKHASAN AL MU`JAMUL AWSAT, V4, P106, HADITH 5366, DAR-UL-KUTUBUL ILMIYYAH BEIRUT)
METHOD OF WUDHU (HANAFI)
TO SIT ON AN ELEVATED SEAT FACING QIBLA IS DESIRABLE. TO MAKE INTENTION FOR WUDHU IS SUNNAH. BY INTENTION IS MEANT FOCUSING WITH THE HEART, BUT TO VERBALLY PRONOUNCE IT IS EVEN BETTER. THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT SHOULD BE USED TO PRONOUNCE THE INTENTION `I AM MAKING WUDHU IN ORDER TO FULFIL THE COMMAND OF ALLAH AND TO PURIFY MYSELF`. IT IS ALSO SUNNAH TO SAY , IN FACT IF YOU SAY , ANGELS WILL WRITE GOOD DEEDS FOR YOU FOR AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN THAT STATE. NOW WASH BOTH HANDS UP TO THE WRISTS THREE TIMES EACH AND DO KHILAAL OF THE FINGERS AS WELL (WITH THE TAP CLOSED). THEN USE A MISWAAK TO CLEAN YOUR TEETH, BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM, WASHING THE MISWAAK EACH TIME.

HUJJA-TUL-ISLAM IMAM MUHAMMAD GHAZALI SAYS, `WHILST USING A MISWAAK, YOUR INTENTION SHOULD BE TO CLEAN YOUR MOUTH IN ORDER FOR YOU TO RECITE THE HOLY QUR`AN AND TO DO THE ZIKR OF ALLAH . (IHYA-UL-ULOOM, V1, P182 DAR-US-SAADIR BEIRUT). NOW RINSE YOUR MOUTH THREE TIMES WITH THREE HANDFULS OF WATER (TURNING THE TAP OFF EACH TIME) MAKING SURE WATER REACHES ALL PARTS OF THE MOUTH AND GARGLE AS WELL IF YOU ARE NOT FASTING. NOW USING THREE HALF HANDFULS SNIFF WATER IN TO THE NOSE, IT IS NECESSARY TO SNIFF THE WATER RIGHT UP TO THE HARD BONE AND IF YOU ARE NOT FASTING THEN INTAKE THE WATER RIGHT UP TO THE TOP OF THE BONE, NOW KEEPING THE TAP TURNED OFF USE THE SMALL FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND TO CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE NOSE. WASH THE WHOLE FACE THREE TIMES MAKING SURE THAT WATER FLOWS ON EVERY PART OF THE SKIN FROM THE TOP OF THE FOREHEAD (THE POINT WHERE THE HAIR NATURALLY BEGINS TO GROW) TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CHIN AND FROM ONE EARLOBE TO THE OTHER. IF YOU HAVE A BEARD THEN DO KHILAAL (WITH THE TAP TURNED OFF) BY INSERTING THE FINGERS INTO THE BEARD FROM THE NECK TOWARDS THE FRONT. NOW WASH THE RIGHT ARM, MAKING SURE YOU WASH EVERY PIECE OF SKIN FROM THE TIPS OF THE FINGERS UP TO (AND INCLUDING) THE ELBOW THREE TIMES AND THEN WASH THE LEFT ARM IN THE SAME MANNER. TO WASH UP TO HALFWAY UP THE UPPER ARM IS DESIRABLE. MANY PEOPLE TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER IN THEIR HAND AND TIP IT OVER THEIR ARM, EXPECTING IT TO WASH THE WHOLE ARM, WHEREAS THE ELBOWS AND WRISTS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN UNWASHED IF THIS IS DONE, THEREFORE, THEY SHOULD BE WASHED PROPERLY AS MENTIONED. ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN WASHED THERE IS NO NEED TO TIP A HANDFUL OF WATER OVER THE ARMS, IN FACT DOING THIS (WITHOUT A PROPER EXCUSE) DESPITE HAVING WASHED BOTH ARMS IS A WASTE OF WATER. NOW (WITH THE TAP TURNED OFF) WIPE THE HEAD; THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY JOINING THE TIPS OF THE THREE FINGERS, OTHER THAN THE INDEX FINGERS AND THUMBS, OF BOTH HANDS AND PLACING THEM ON THE FOREHEAD. THEY SHOULD THEN BE PULLED TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE NECK WITHOUT LETTING THE PALMS TOUCH THE HEAD. THEN EACH PALM SHOULD BE PLACED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HEAD AND PULLED ACROSS THE SIDES BACK TO THE FOREHEAD. THE INDEX FINGERS AND THUMBS SHOULD NOT HAVE TOUCHED THE HEAD YET. NOW USE THE INDEX FINGERS TO WIPE THE INSIDES OF THE EARS, THE THUMBS FOR THE BACK, AND THE SMALL FINGERS SHOULD BE INSERTED INSIDE THE EARS. NOW WIPE THE BACK OF THE NECK USING THE BACK OF BOTH HANDS. SOME PEOPLE ARE SEEN TO BE WIPING THE FRONT OF THE NECK AND THE FOREARMS AND WRISTS, THIS IS NOT A SUNNAH. ONE SHOULD MAKE A HABIT OF TURNING THE TAP OFF BEFORE WIPING THE HEAD. TO ALLOW WATER TO BE WASTED BY LEAVING THE TAP OPEN COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY IS A SIN. NOW WASH BOTH FEET THREE TIMES, FIRST THE RIGHT AND THEN LEFT, BEGINNING FROM THE TOES UP TO THE TOP OF THE ANKLES. IN FACT IT IS DESIRABLE TO WASH UP TO HALF WAY UP THE SHINS. TO DO KHILAAL OF ALL THE TOES OF BOTH FEET IS SUNNAH. THE TAP SHOULD BE KEPT TURNED OFF DURING KHILAAL. THE DESIRABLE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO USE THE SMALL FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND AND BEGIN WITH THE SMALL TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT AND WORK YOUR WAY UP TO THE BIG TOE. THEN, USING THE SAME FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND, WORK YOUR WAY FROM THE BIG TOE OF THE LEFT FOOT TO THE SMALL TOE. (COMMON BOOKS)
HUJJA-TUL-ISLAM IMAM MUHAMMAD GHAZALI SAYS, `WHEN WASHING EACH LIMB YOU SHOULD HOPE THAT THE SINS OF EACH OF THOSE LIMBS ARE BEING WASHED AWAY.` (MULAKHKHASAN IHYA-UL-ULOOM TRANSLATION, V1, P346)
THIS DUA SHOULD BE READ AFTER WUDHU (WITH DUROOD BEFORE AND AFTER)

TRANS: O ALLAH ! MAKE ME AMONGST THOSE WHO REPENT ABUNDANTLY
AND MAKE ME AMONGST THOSE WHO STAY CLEAN. (JAMI` TIRMIDHI, V1, P9)


ALL 8 GATES OF HEAVEN ARE OPENED
ONE HADITH MENTIONS, `IF A PERSON DOES WUDHU CORRECTLY AND THEN LOOKS TOWARDS THE SKY AND READS THE KALIMAH SHAHADAH, ALL 8 GATES OF HEAVEN ARE OPENED FOR HIM AND HE MAY ENTER THROUGH WHICHEVER ONE OF THEM HE PLEASES`. (MULAKHKKHAS AZ SAHIH MUSLIM, V1, P122)
THE EXCELLENCE OF READING SURA QADR AFTER WUDHU
ONE BLESSED HADITH MENTIONS, `IF A PERSON READS SURAH QADR ONCE AFTER COMPLETING WUDHU, HE WILL BE AMONGST THE SIDDIQIN (TRUTHFUL) AND IF HE READS IT TWICE HE WILL BE AMONGST THE MARTYRS AND IF HE READS IT THREE TIMES ALLAH WILL KEEP HIM WITH HIS PROPHETS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT`. (KANZ-UL-UMMAL, V9, P132, HADITH 26085, DAR-UL-KUTUBUL ILMIYYAH BEIRUT)
WILL NEVER SUFFER FROM WEAK EYESIGHT
IF A PERSON LOOKS UP TO THE SKY AFTER WUDHU AND READS SURAH INNAA ANZALNAAHU, IN`SHAA-ALLAH HIS EYESIGHT WILL NEVER BECOME WEAK. (MASAIL-UL-QUR`AN, P291)
4 FARAIDH OF WUDHU
(1) WASHING THE FACE (2) WASHING BOTH ARMS UP TO AND INCLUDING BOTH ELBOWS (3) WIPING A QUARTER OF THE HEAD (4) WASHING BOTH FEET UP TO AND INCLUDING THE ANKLES. (FATAWA-E-ALAMGIRI, V1, P3)
DEFINITION OF `WASHING`
TO WASH A LIMB MEANS AT LEAST 2 DROPS OF WATER MUST FLOW OVER EVERY PART OF IT. IF THE LIMB IS SIMPLY MOISTENED BY RUBBING A WET HAND OVER IT, OR IF ONLY 1 DROP OF WATER FLOWS OVER IT THEN IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WASHED AND NEITHER WILL THE WUDHU OR GHUSL IN THIS CASE BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. (MARAQIL FALAH MA` HASHIYA-TUT-TAHTAWI, P57 €“ FATAWA-E-RAZAWIYYAH, V1, P218, RAZA FOUNDATION)
12 SUNNAN OF WUDHU
SOME SUNNAN AND DESIRABLE ACTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED UNDER THE HEADING `METHOD OF WUDHU (HANAFI)`, FURTHER DETAIL FOLLOWS, (1) MAKING INTENTION. (2) READING Ϻ‘Ϻ´Ï»¢Ïº�Ï•². IF YOU READ BEFORE MAKING WUDHU THEN ANGELS WILL WRITE GOOD DEEDS FOR YOU FOR AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN THE STATE OF WUDHU. (MAJMA-UZ-ZAWAID, V1, P513, HADITH 1112, DAR-UL-FIKR BEIRUT) (3) WASHING BOTH HANDS UP TO THE WRISTS THREE TIMES. (4) CLEANING TEETH WITH MISWAAK THREE TIMES. (5) RINSING THE MOUTH THREE TIMES USING THREE HANDFULS OF WATER. (6) GARGLING IF YOU ARE NOT FASTING. (7) SNIFFING WATER INTO THE NOSE THREE TIMES USING THREE HALF HANDFULS OF WATER. ( DOING KHILAL OF YOUR BEARD (WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN A STATE OF IHRAM). (9) DOING KHILAAL OF THE FINGERS AND TOES. (10) WIPING THE WHOLE HEAD ONLY ONCE. (11) WIPING THE EARS. (12) MAINTAINING THE ORDER OF THE FARAIDH (I.E. WASHING THE FACE FIRST, THEN THE ARMS, THEN WIPING THE HEAD AND THEN WASHING THE FEET) AND WASHING EACH FOLLOWING LIMB BEFORE THE PREVIOUSLY WASHED LIMB DRIES. (AD DUR-UL-MUKHTAR MA` RAD-DUL-MUHTAR, V1, P235 - FATAWA-E-ALAMGIRI, V1, P6)