When you stand to the Salat...

When you stand to the Salat, so wash your faces and your hands [5:6] , therefore it is not for him that he should leave anything from his face except that he washes it, and Commanded with the washing of the hands up to the elbow, therefore it is not for him that he leaves anything from his hands up to the two elbows except that he washes it because Allah – azwj is Saying so wash your faces and your hands to the elbows [5:6] .

He (the narrator) said: ‘We said, ‘Where are the two ankles?’ He – asws said: ‘Over here, meaning the joint bellowed the bones of the leg’. So we said, ‘This, what is it (exactly)?’ So he – asws said: ‘This is from the bone of the leg, and the ankle is below from that’. So, we said, ‘May Allah – azwj Keep you – asws well!

So, the one scoop (of water) would suffice for the face, and a scoop (each) for the arms?’ He – asws said: ‘Yes, when you exceed in it, and the two (is the most which would) would both come to be upon that, all of it’. [14] Rinsing of the mouth and the sniffing are not from Wazu , see Appendix I.

Earth cleans – when treading upon the filth (i.e., faeces/urine) The Ahadith below are of particular importance, as those believers who walk to the holy shrines without shoes, out of respect, are usually targeted by some onlookers who think that their feet have become unclean (Najis) by walking on the road and they will take the dirt and filth to the holy shrine – which is not the case as earth cleanse whatever touches its surface.

And it is recommended in Ahadith to walk bare-foot towards the holy shrine out of respect and being a humble salve (see some examples in Appendix II).