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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Jurisprudence Made Easy Dialogue on Wudhu Today, I’ll talk to you about wudhu, ghusl and tayamum”, said my father. I murmured, “We are, therefore, at the threshold of the first purifying agent which renders the body tahir, after it has been stripped of its purity by an occurance of some kind”. I soon started recalling some examples of what happens to the body to render it unclean. I then started asking myself why I should cleanse my body with wudhu.

However, since my father was present, I said I would rather ask him. * Why do we perform wudhu? - We perform wudhu to be in a state of tahara to, for example, say prayer, do tawaf around the Ka’ba during hajj or umrah, touch the writing of the Holy Qur’an [and His names and attributes, such as ar-Rahman, al-Khaliq]. * Of course, wudhu is performed with water. However, are there any conditions attached to the water? - Yes. 1.

The water must be tahir to cleanse the parts of your body that are normally washed and wiped during wudhu. It is sufficient for the water to be abundant for it to render them tahir as a result of performing wudhu, if the water was abundant (mu’tasim). 2. The water and the place where you perform the wudhu, must be ownerless and not usurped. The reason why the place must be free is that if the water was confined to the usurped place, wudhu would not become obligatory.

You must perform tayamum instead. However, should you choose not to comply, you shall be deemed sinful. Your wudhu, though, will be in order. 3. The water must be pure not mixed, such as the running tap water in our homes and places of work, not, for example, orange juice. * How should I conduct wudhu? - After you have made your intention, to perform this act of worship to seek proximity to Allah, you should start thus: Wash your face from the forehead, i.e.

from the hairline to the chin vertically and that which falls within the expanse of your hand between the thumb and the small finger horizontally. [Noting that, you should do the washing from the top to the bottom of the face, without the need to soak thick (beard) hair]. Wash your arms from the elbow to the finger tips, starting with the right arm. The manner of washing should be from the elbow down to the finger tips.

Wipe with your right hand (while it is still wet) the front of your hair, preferably with the palm of the hand, starting from the top to the hairline excluding the forehead.