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.