Lesson 3: Wudu

Wudu

By Siddiqa Islam

Al Maidah: 6 ​

Allah, Exalted be He, says: 

You who believe, when you are about to pray, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, wipe your heads, wash your feet up to the ankles, and, if required, wash your whole body...

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Obligatory Acts of Wudu

1. Washing the whole face (including mouth and nose)

2. Washing the arms (including the elbows)

3. ​Wiping over the whole head (including the ears)

4. ​Washing the feet (including the ankles)

Open Ended

Why did Allah specify these specific parts of the body for wudu (purification)?

Sunnah of Wudu

Open Ended

What is Sunnah?

Used when rinsing the mouth​

Siwak

Washing the hands at the beginning three times​

Hands​

Combining nose and mouth with one handful of water

Nose and mouth

Washing the right organ before the left

​​Right

Washing face, hands, and feet three times

Three

Saying the Shahadah and du'a after wudu

Supplication

Performing two units of prayer after Wudu

Salah

Multiple Choice

The nose and mouth should be combined during wudu

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which parts of the organs should NOT be washed three times?

• Hands

• Ears

• Feet

• Face

- ​Du'a after Wudu

"اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ"

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​O Allah, make me among those who turn to You in repentance, and make me among those who are purified.

Multiple Select

What are we asking Allah for in the du'a after wudu?

• Forgiveness

• Happiness

• Jannah

• Purity

Steps for Wudu

1. Intention

2. Tasmiyyah

3. Wash hands three times

4. Rinse mouth and nose (sniff water and blow it out)

5. Wash face (From hairline to lower parts of the jaw + ear to ear)

6. Arms (upper part of the fingers to the beginning of the upper arm

7. Wipe over your head (from the upper part of the forehead till nape and forward)

8. ​Wash feet

Open Ended

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