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July 2, 2026·Muharram 17, 1448 AH·4:28 AM·11m·Thursday-Fajr

Why Details Matter in Your Ablution

The Sunnah of Wudu: Finding Allah's Love in the Details

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Summary

This lecture discusses Chapter 3 of Al-Wajeez, focusing on the Sunnah (encouraged practices) of Wudu (ablution). Sh. Ali Mashhour emphasizes that Islamic practice involves nuanced details that go beyond mere acceptance or rejection of actions. Using the analogy of a brand new car with a scratch, Sh. Ali Mashhour illustrates how Allah values attention to detail and the performance of recommended acts. The lecture covers specific Sunnah practices in Wudu including washing the hands three times at the beginning, combining rinsing the mouth and nose in specific ways, exaggerating the rinsing for non-fasting individuals, and prioritizing the right side over the left based on Hadith evidence from Uthman, Abdullah ibn Zayd, and Aisha.

Transcript

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ل رب العالمين والصلاه والسلام على رسوله الكريم ثانك يو وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين واشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد كتين الوجيز في باب سنن الوضوء so transition into the chapter regarding the encouraged matter in those things which are encouraged those things which the which add to the value of the ‏knowledge in andances is not just about something being accepted or rejected. ‏Very nuanced with respect to how it is accepted, how it is received. And the key to Allah's love is preferred matters. The key to Allah's overall pleasure is fulfilling what has been oigated upon you. ‏by to be loved by found in the details. Found in the details. Let me ask you a question. If you went and bought a brand new car, beautiful brand new car, paid your hard earn money for it, and it came and it had a big old scratch down the side. ‏Would you be all right with that? You say, ", you know, still has four wheels. Still going to get me where I need to go. Of course not. ‏You would insist on the details and that is what separates the men from the lions. It is theail and so the is not a chapter in the books of that we should ever ignore. ‏Sometimes we see almost attitude almost of is it w you he a command of the propet command or the prophet prohibition and the question is do I have to do this do I have to leave this alone because if it's only must or only makr not a big deal no has commanded that which ‏makeat willnell and tellsيره حديث القدسيز سبحانه وتعالى ولا يزال عبدي يتقرب الي بالنوافل حتى احبه.

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Come to love the love isail غسل الكفين ثلاثا في اول الوضوء was before we say ‏because of howران اذا قمتم الى الصلاه فاغسل وجوهكم وضو لما ثبت عن عثمان في حكايته لوضوء النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم انه غسل كفيه ثلاثاid عثمان من حديث مولى عثمان صلى الله عليه وسلم بخاري مسلم يقول الثالث الجمع بين المضمضه والاستنشاق ثلاثا بغرفه handware prop صلى الله عليه وسلم number which is common would ‏hand in the half in the he would move it around in his mouth spit it out and he would blow his with his left hand would do this twice or three times or at least once another way that he would make occasion is he would do the mouth and together three times from the same hand of so one hand ‏of taking.

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عبد الله بن زيد رضي الله عنه في تعليمه لوضوء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم انه تمضم واستنشق من كف واحده ففعل ذلك ثلاثاكت باي الامام مسلم يقول الرابع المبالغه فيهما لغير الصائم فيهما يعني في المضمضه والاستنشاق ‏in a person is not fast as a person is not fting the is to deepin the mouth deep meaning all the way to the back deep rinse the mouth and deeply rinse the nos so to take the water into ‏take as possible into the and into the mouth and as thly as possible to clean out the mouth and for the as person is not fing صلى الله عليه وسلم وبالغ في الاستنشاق الا ان تكون صائما تقديم اليمنى على اليسرى سنه الوضو و.

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وجايف يقول لحديث عائشه رضي الله عنها قالت كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحب التيامن في تنعله وترجله وطهوره وفي شانه كله والحديث متفق عليه التيامن يعني البدء باليمين في تنعله في لبس النعل وترجله يعني مشط الشعر وطهوره يعني في جميع ما يكون فيه من غسل للاعضاء او الغسل وفي شانه كله عائشه الله صلى الله عليه ‏and wheningir and when wasing himself would always wither to all affairs allى وجوده ان يعلمنا ما ينفعنا وان ينفعنا بما علمنا وان يزيدنا علما والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد شيخ السلام عليكم السلام عليكم السلام عليكم وعليكم السلام نجم اوكي.