Wuḍū'

التعريف

The washing of specific limbs — face, hands to the elbows, wiping the head and ears, and washing the feet to the ankles — before ṣalāh and other acts requiring purity.

النطق: wu-ḌŪ'

الاشتقاق والجذر

From و-ض-أ (w-ḍ-'), meaning 'to be bright, clean.' Wuḍū' brightens the limbs — the Prophet ﷺ said his Ummah will be recognised on the Day of Judgement by the brightness from wuḍū'.

الاستخدام في القرآن

'O you who believe, when you rise to pray, wash your faces and your hands to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, and wash your feet to the ankles.' (al-Mā'idah 5:6)

الاستخدام في السنة

'Allah does not accept prayer without purification.' (Muslim 224)

مفاهيم خاطئة شائعة

Some assume that touching a woman or eating camel meat without distinction breaks wuḍū'. The correct positions are: touching with desire breaks it; eating camel meat does break it (per the authentic ḥadīth in Muslim).

التطبيق العملي

Maintain wuḍū' as much as possible — it is light upon light, and the Prophet ﷺ said no one preserves it except a believer.

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