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The Philosophy Behind Ablution and Ritual bath 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Philosophy Behind Ablution and Ritual bath 2 2022-09-27 385 Views Ablution , Ritual bath , Ghusl , Minor ablution In this part of the article titled “The philosophy behind ablution and ritual bath”, we shall discuss the manner of washing and wiping the parts of the ritual and about the Qiblah. Contents 3. What is the manner of washing and wiping in Wudu? 4.

What is the need to face the Qiblah in prayers? 5. What secrets lay behind the changing of the Qiblah? 3. What is the manner of washing and wiping in Wudu? Suratul Maidah makes a mention of all those things that bring about the purification of man’s soul and hence, a considerable portion of the rulings associated with Wudu, ghusl and tayammum, which bring about purification of the soul, have been explained therein.

When you rise up to prayer, wash your faces and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads and your feet to the ankles.” (1) In this verse, the portion of the hand that ought to be washed during Wudu has been mentioned, since مَراَفِق is the plural of مِرْفَق – meaning elbow.

From the above explanation, it becomes clear that the word إِلـىَ in the verse is only for mentioning the limits of washing and not the manner of washing as some have imagined – having taken the verse to mean: Wash the hands from the tips of the fingers towards the elbows (as is prevalent amongst a group from amongst the Ahlus Sunnah). The above issue is similar to the case when a person instructs a worker to paint the walls of a room from the floor up to a height of one meter.

It is plainly evident that it is not intended that the wall should be painted from the bottom towards the top – rather, it means that this is the portion that has to be painted – neither more nor less.