OF "WUDU" (ABLUTION)  

Q 1: What is "Wudu" (ablution)?  

1. To wash the face from the forelock down to the lower portion of the chin and from the lobe of  one ear to the other, to wash hands up to the elbows and the feet up to ankles and passing wet  fingers of both the hands over the head is called "Wudu" (ablution). It is forbidden to offer  prayer without ablution.  

Q 2: What is the method of performing Wudu?  

1. Sit at a clean elevated place facing the Qibla to perform ablution and then recite "Bismil Laa hir Rahmaa-nir Raheem" (Allah, in the name of, the Most Affectionate, the Most Merciful) with  the intention of gaining reward and carrying out the command of Allah Almighty; wash both  hands up to the wrists and then apply "Miswaak" (soft tooth stick) to the teeth, if available,  otherwise rub the teeth with the forefinger; rinse the mouth thoroughly thrice and also gargle if  not observing fast; sniff up water into the nostrils with the right hand three times ensuring that  the water reaches the soft spot of the nose and wash the nose with the left hand; wash the face  well thrice in such a way that no spot from the forelock down to the lower portion of the chin and  from the lobe of one ear to the other remains dry (the water should flow on each spot of the  face); wash both the hands (first right hand and then the left) up to, inclusive of, the elbows three  times (no spot even nails should remain dry); do "Masah" of the head, ears and neck with wet  hands only once and then wash the feet (first the right foot and then the left) inclusive of the  ankles thrice.  

Q3: How to do Masah?  

1. Having the hands wet with fresh water join three fingers (excluding the forefingers and  thumbs) of both the hands and pass them over the head from the forelock up to the nape of the  neck and then bring them back similarly to the forehead; (the palms should not touch the head);  wipe the inner sides of the ears with the tips of forefingers and wipe the outsides of the ears with  the insides of the thumbs and the neck be wiped with the back of the fingers. It is undesirable to  do Masah of the throat.  

Q 4: What should be recited after Wudu?  

1. Having performed Wudu recite: "Allaa-hummaj 'Alnee Minat-tawwaabeena waj'alnee Minal  Mutatah-hareen"(O' Allah! make me of those who have repented and make me of those who  have been purified by You).  

Drink a little of the rest of ablution's water (standing upright). Recite Kalimah-e-Shahaadat  raising index finger towards and looking to the sky and also recite Surah Al-Qadr which will  earn the believer a great reward.