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June 20, 2026·Muharram 5, 1448 AH·4:28 AM·20m·Saturday-Fajr

How Prophet Muhammad Perfected His Wudoo

The Comprehensive Narration of the Prophet's Wudoo: Method and Spiritual Significance

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Summary

This lecture from the Muslim Community Center of Tucson focuses on the comprehensive narration of the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) method of performing wudoo (ablution), specifically known as the narration of Uthman ibn Affan. The instructor details the step-by-step procedure of wudoo including washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head, and washing the feet. The lecture explains both the ideal form of wudoo and the technical aspects including which actions are obligatory (wajib), recommended (sunnah), and preferred (mustahab). The instructor emphasizes the spiritual significance of wudoo, particularly the hadith mentioning that whoever performs wudoo correctly and prays two rakahs with complete focus and concentration will have their past sins forgiven.

Transcript

Note: This transcript was generated using YouTube's automatic captioning, with AI-assisted cleanup for readability. It may contain inaccuracies due to background noise, audio quality, or limitations of the transcription software — particularly during Arabic recitation. Listener discretion is advised; please refer to the original video for precise wording.

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Alhamdulillah. Continuing in the book of purification of so we mentioned yesterday as the author took us into the second half of purification for salah. And this purification is referred to specifically as we said that hadith is a state of spiritual impurity that prevents a person from three things, right? Three things. Number one,.

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, handling the mus and number three is around the three things that a person who does not have wudoo may not do without having that purification without an excuse. Anything outside of that isab is but as we'll hear there's plenty of instances when it is when it is preferred that a person make woo before going to sleep before reengaging in intimacy with one's wife etc. These are all things that before eating if a person is in a state of janaba we will list those things as they come up. But the three things that are haram for a person to do in a state of hadith is salah and handling the mus. Okay. So we mentioned that this type of it is two types. purification or with wa using using water and the other with using you know using water or using so the author begins with the most common and that is so now he's going to list for us the he's going to mention for us the most popularly cited and most comprehensive description of the prophet's wudoo sallam that is found in the sunnah. This narration is known as the narration of also known as the narration of because it is on his authority. Arman shows us how he used to make wudoo. Now remember this is the most comprehensive and this is the one cited as the essence of this. This doesn't mean is the only person who narrated the prophet's wudoo. Dozens of companions narrated his wudoo. But all in one place, all the details, the most comprehensive all together in one place is the narration of and this is why students begin with memorizing this narration and then they memorize the add-ons. This narration is in Bkari Muslim. So the narration is known as the narration of Arthan. It's also known as the narration of Omran was man's freed slave. This is one of the men that he had owned as a slave. He freed him and he remained loyal to him and used to serve him especially during his time in his okay. He is one of the In doing.

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Called for some water to make woo and then he demonstrated the prophet's wudi wasallam. Now what we're going to do is at first he's going to mention the most comprehensive narration right this is the ideal the idyllic wuboo is as follows then he's going to take us into the technicalities what are the technicalities the conditions the wajat the you know what is sunnah what is mustab what is waj what is right that is the technical side but when it comes to how we would make wudoo the idyllic wudoo this is the picture of idilic wudoo he says he began with washing his hands meaning to the wrist three times and then he rinsed his mouth and blew his nose. Notice how here he says rinsed his mouth and blew his nose. Meaning together these things came together which means that he put the water in his mouth and then put the rest into his nose and then would blow it out and spit the water out. and how would he do this? He would take the water with his hand, put half into his mouth, the rest he would suck into his nose deeply, but not deep enough to where it is going into his sinuses deeply, right? And then he would move the water around because.

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So he'd put the water in his mouth and then move the water around. And this is with his right and then with his left he would blow it out and then spit the water out. Right? So it is it is looking this. Put the half in half into the nose. move it around, spit it out, and then blow the water out of his nose three times. There's different ways that he did this. There's three different ways that he did this. Never did he separate the mouth and the nose in any narration ever. Meaning doing the mouth three times and then the nose three times. Is it valid? Yes, it's valid. Is it the sunnah? No, it's not the sunnah, which we'll get to inshallah. He says, "And then he washed his face three times." And we'll talk about the parameters of the face in in its place inshallah. And then he washed his right hand and arm to include the elbow. And then he did the same for his left. So when he goes to wash, he would wash the hand all the way to the elbow and include the elbow. Okay? So he's washing to here. And how would he do that? He didn't have running water obviously. So he would dip his hand in, pour the water down his arm this, and then move it around with his other hand to include his left. And then he would do the right from the top of the hand. Right? The water would go down to include his left. Ini he would then take extra water and pour it on his elbow to make sure that he got it the right. Then he would pour it on his elbow and the left. He says, "And then he wiped over his head." Which part of his head? All of his head. He would wipe all over his head. How many times? One time. And that's what he mentioned here. And in this wording, he only wiped his head. It doesn't go into detail. Did he wipe it back and then forth? Did he wipe it once back? Did he? That is something that is detailed elsewhere sun abid. And then he washed his right foot to include the two ankles and then his left foot to include the two ankles. And then he said, "I saw the messenger of Allah sall.ai wasam perform his wudoo in the way that you all have just seen me perform wudoo." And he said after per upon completing this wudoo, whoever makes wudoo in the fashion that I have just made woo and then stands and makes two raqa without losing his focus once. Meaning the person does not hear his inner monologue one time. You you know that voice in your head, huh? That's me. That's you doesn't hear that voice the whole time. The only thing is he is reciting and he himself has dissolved. The only thing there is his recitation, his completely loses himself in the prayer, right? Does not think outside of the prayer once, not even fleeingly. What is passed of his sins will be forgiven. That's a very lofty reward, right? That's a very major reward for something that seems to be very simple. He's forgiven of his sins, his past sins for doing this, for making and and making salah. Yes. But the catch is that he does not even fleetingly, not even once, not even one moment, lose his focus or hear his inner monologue. Not once. How much practice would it take for a person to be able to do that? How many years of practice? And that is the point of the narration. The amount of time it would take for a person to train him his mind to be strong enough to make it through entirely without losing his focus. Not even briefly, not even fleetingly, not even for a moment. It would take years of practice perhaps. And there are many, many, many Muslim men that have never experienced this, not once. And the reason for that is that this takes an incredible amount of practice and self-control, concentration, right? Because salah is a muscle. You have to work it out. So when you first start to make salah, your mind wanders because it's undisiplined. Your mind is undisiplined. And so you start to make salah and then suddenly your mind is elsewhere and then you realize that your mind is elsewhere. So you grab your mind by the by the collar and you bring it back, right? And then again and then again and then again. And.

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