The Correct Procedure for Ablution

In Islam - One of the obligatory acts of worship for Muslims that is performed every day is prayer. Before performing the prayer, it is obligatory to perform ablution first. Ablution is one of the ways to purify oneself from large and small hadast. Surely In Islam already know that this is not the correct ablution procedure? If not, let's read the following guide on how to perform ablution correctly based on Islamic Sharia!

Previously, pay attention to the sound of Surat Al-Maidah verse 6 regarding ablution as a valid condition of prayer below!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

It means: "O you who believe, when you want to pray, then wash your face and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your head and (wash) your feet up to the ankles, and if you are a virgin then take a bath, and if you are sick or on the way or returning from a place to defecate (toilet) or touching a woman, and you do not get water, then perform tayammum with good (clean) soil; wipe your face and hands with the soil. God does not want to make it difficult for you, but He wants to cleanse you and perfect His favors for you, so that you will be grateful."

Conditions of Wudu

1. Be Muslim.
2. Not in a state of large hadas, menstruation, or postpartum.
3. Perform ablution using holy and purifying water, such as rain water, sea water, well water, river water, snow water, dew water and well water.
4. There is no barrier to water entering the skin, such as warts, tattoos, and others.
5. Knowing the obligatory duties of ablution, namely reading the intention, washing the face, washing both hands, wiping the head, washing both feet up to the ankles, and orderly.
6. Knowing the sunnah of ablution, such as performing siwak, reciting the basmalah, gargling, washing the nostrils, and cleaning all the hair. In addition to putting the right side first, cleaning the outer and inner ears, washing, and interspersing the fingers and toes.
7. Tamyiz, that is being able to distinguish between good and bad things.

Procedures for Performing Good and Correct Wudu Based on the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW

• Reading the intention of ablution in the heart.

نَوَيْتُ الْوُضُوْءَ لِرَفْعِ الْحَدَثِ اْلاَصْغَرِ فَرْضًا ِللهِ تَعَالَى

"Nawaitul whuduua liraf'il hadatsil asghari fardal lillaahi ta'aalaa"

It means: "I intend to perform ablution to remove the small obligatory hadat for the sake of Allah Ta'ala"

• Reading the Basmala.

"Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim"

• Wash both palms 3 times.
• Gargle 3 times.
• Breathe water into the nose as many as 3x.
• Wash all visible parts of the face 3 times.
• Wash both hands up to elbows with water, right hand first, then left hand three times. Starting from the end of the back of the palm towards the elbow, continued until returning to the palm.
• Rubbing the scalp 3x.
• Wash both ears 3 times, starting from the right ear and then the left.
• Wash both feet up to the ankles 3 times, starting from the right and then the left foot.
• Order.
• Reading a prayer after ablution.
• Read More: THE MEANING OF ISLAM

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ. سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

"Ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah wahdahu laa shariika lahu, wa asyhadu anna muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuuluhu. Allahummaj 'alnii minat tawwaabiina waj 'alnii minal mutahaahiriina subhaanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika laa ilaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atuubu ilaika"

Meaning: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone who has no partners and I also bear witness that Muhammad is His servant as well as His messenger. Oh God, make me among those who repent and make me among those who purify themselves. Glory be to You, our Lord, and all praise be to You. I testify that there is no God but You. I ask for forgiveness and repent to You."

Things that invalidate ablution

1. The discharge of feces from two places, namely the vagina and anus, such as urine, feces, and others.
2. Loss of reason and knowledge that causes unconsciousness or saneness, such as due to sleep, fainting, drunkenness, as a result of severe illness, and others.
3. Skin contact with the opposite sex (no barrier such as thin cloth or others), either intentionally or unintentionally.
4. Apostasy (leaving Islam).
5. Touching the genitals with the palm of the hand without a barrier.
6. Menstruation for women.
7. Nifas (postpartum period) for women.
8. Semen discharge due to intercourse, wet dreams, and others.
9. Excessive bleeding from the body due to certain wounds or diseases.

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THE MEANING OF ISLAM

In Islam - On this happy occasion, I make a bequest to myself and to all my brothers and sisters, let us increase our Islam, faith and piety to Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala because only with Islam, faith and piety will we find happiness both in the world even more, God willing, in the afterlife.

For that reason, on this occasion we will take the title "THE MEANING OF ISLAM"

As-Shaikh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab in the book "Ushul Tsalatsah", said:

اْلإِسْلاَمُ هُوَ اْلاِسْتِسْلاَمُ لِلَّهِ بِالَّتْوِحْيِد وَاْلاِنْقِيَادُ لَهُ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَاْلاِبْتِعَادُ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ.

Meaning: "Islam is surrendering to God by obeying His will in worship and submitting by obeying and staying away from polytheism."

As God says in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 112:

It means: "(Not so), even whoever submits himself to Allah while he is doing good deeds, then for him will be a reward from the side of his Lord and there is no fear for them and they will not (nor) be sad."

As for the joints of Islam, there are five as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said. In the hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُوْلُ: بُنِيَ اْلإِسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ؛ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِيْتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ. 

It means: "From Abdillah bin Umar Radhiallahu anhu Said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Islam is founded on five things:

1. Testify that there is no God that has the right to be worshiped other than Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah

2. Set up prayer

3. Issuing zakat.

4. Performing Hajj

5. Fasting in the month of Ramadan."

These are the joints of Islam, which cause a person to get out of the circle of disbelief and which causes a person to enter Heaven and away from the torment of Hell.

Ma'asyiral Muslimin rahimakumullah

The five joints above are the pillars of Islam. Whoever performs it perfectly, then he is a Muslim with perfect faith, and whoever abandons it completely, then he is a real infidel. And whoever denies one of them, then the scholars agree that he is not a Muslim. And whoever believes in all of them and he neglects one of them other than the Shahadat, then he is a fasiq and whoever does good deeds only to the extent of his words without being accompanied by I'tikad, then he is a hypocrite.

Allah Ta'ala says in Surah Ali Imran verse 19

The meaning of the verse above is that there is no religion accepted by Him from someone other than Islam.

 So whoever adheres to a religion other than the shari'a of the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam after he was sent, then that religion is not accepted by Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala.

Allah says in Surah Ali Imran verse 85.

Meaning: "And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, will never be accepted from it, while in the afterlife he will be among the losers."

That is, whoever practices a religion other than what God has prescribed to His Messenger, then he will not be accepted by God and he will be among the losers in the afterlife.

As the prophet Muhammad sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam said in an authentic hadith:

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Meaning: "Indeed the (true) religion in the sight of God is only Islam".

َنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلاً لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدٌّ.

Meaning: "Whoever does a good deed, which is not based on our evidence, then it is rejected".

Based on the hadith above, it is clear to the servants who believe in God and the last day, that anything related to the Sharia, both in terms of belief and worship, will only be accepted by God if it is in accordance with what has been taught. by God to His Messenger. As God has said in Al-Qur'an Surat Ali-Imran verse 31.

Meaning: "Say: "If you (really) love God follow me, God will love and forgive your sins." God is Forgiving and Merciful."

And Allah Ta'ala has also said, in Surah Al-Hasyr verse 7.

It means: "Whatever the messenger gives, then accept it. And what he forbids you, leave it and fear Allah. Indeed, God is very severe in His punishment."

Ma'asyiral Muslimin rahimakumullah

When viewed from the time the shari'a was revealed until the last day, then Islam can be divided into two, namely:

1. Islam is seen in general terms

2. Islam is viewed from a specific point of view

Islam is viewed from a general point of view, that from the first messenger until the last day, their shari'a is the meaning of Islam, bowing down to worshiping only God, that's why they are called Al-Muslimun.

Islam is viewed from a special point of view, that since the last Messenger was sent, which he was the perfecter of the previous sharia, as well as the closing of all the messengers, then anyone from the human race, who does not believe in the Prophet Muhammad, is a kafir.

As stated in the authentic hadith that the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلiting ْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لاَ يَسْمَعُ بِيْ أَحَful يُؤْمِنُ بِالَّذِيْ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ إِلاَّ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارَ. (narrated by Muslim)

Meaning: On the authority of Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu anhu, on the authority of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he said: "By the One in whose hand Muhammad is, no one from this nation, be it the Jews or the Christians, will ever hear of me, then die while he is still alive." want to believe in what I bring, otherwise he will be a resident of Hell." (Muslim hadith)

َقُولُ قَوْ لِي هَذَا وَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ لِيْ وَلَكُمْ انَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّرِيمُ

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