And if a person does not know about the extent to which the...

And if a person does not know about the extent to which the face must be washed and does not remember whether he has washed his face to that extent during ablutions which he has already performed he should perform ablutions again and also offer the prayers again which he has already offered with the previous ablutions, provided that time for the offering of that prayers still exists. However, it is not obligatory to reoffer those prayers, whose time has already passed. 249.

The face and hands should be washed from above to below and if one washes them from below to above his ablutions will be void. 250. If a person makes his hand wet and draws it on his face and hands and if the wetness of the hand is so much that by drawing it on the face and hands little water begins to flow on them it is sufficient. 251. After washing the face one should first wash the right hand and then the left hand from the elbows up to the tips of the fingers. 252.

In order to ensure that each elbow has been washed to the prescribed extent one should also include some portion above it. 253. If before washing his face a person has washed his hands up to the wrist he should, while performing ablutions, wash them up to the tips of the fingers and if he washes them only up to the wrist his ablutions is void. 254. While performing ablutions it is obligatory for man to wash his face and hands once and it is recommended to wash them twice.

Washing them three or more times is, however, unlawful. As regards the fact as to which washing should be treated to be the first, the second or the third one, it depends on the intention of the person performing ablutions. Hence, there is no harm in it if he pours water on his face ten times with the intention of the first washing and this action of his will be treated to be the first washing.

However, if he pours water on his face thrice with the intention of washing it three times, his washing the face for the third time will be an unlawful act. 255. After washing both the hands the person performing ablutions should wipe the front part of his head with the wetness which is in his hand, the obligatory precaution being that he should wipe it with the palm of his right hand from the upper side to the lower side. 256.

The part on which wiping should be performed is one fourth of the head above the forehead.