Why did the Prophet use just one liter for wudu?
Economizing Water in Wudu: Islamic Teachings on Preventing Waste
Summary
This lecture is a continuation of studies in Al-Wajeez, specifically covering the chapter on the obligation of using water economically during ablution (wudu) and the prohibition of wasting water. Sh. Ali Mashhour discusses how the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performed wudu with minimal water, using approximately one liter. The lecture explains that while modern plumbing systems may cause individuals to use more water than the Prophet did, this excess is due to custom and the medium of water delivery rather than intentional waste in worship. Sh. Ali Mashhour references the Quranic verse "do not be wasteful, indeed He does not love the wasteful" and cites a hadith from Abu Naamah about Abdullah ibn Mughaffal warning against excess in purification, supplication, and speech.
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لا اله.
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السلام عليكم.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول الله اما بعد فالدرس درس موصول في كتاب الوجيز في كتاب الطهاره منه في باب وجوب الاقتصاد في ماء الوضوء وحرمه الاسراف فيه econom small prop صلى الله عليه وسلم make وضو more to was each oftimes this isit first of all the prop second of all it is beond the am necessary made the sch made in the of the make out of custom so for instance How many of us make w or even this morning this morning to come for how many of us made by pouring water into a white mouth pot and making from that white mouth pot and making sure that it was only about 1 L in volum I would wer none of us we all Now turn on the fa and makes no matter how careful person is unless they are going to great links and great pain they are going to almost always use more than the prophet us to So what is on this? Well, this is not that you are using more out of worship. You are using more water simply because of the medium that is used to bring the water to you. Because the medium has differed the custom of what is a lot of water and a little of changed. And so because of this a person may use more than the prop صلى الله عليه وسلم used. However, this is because of custom not because of worship person this is how much the prop صلى الله عليه وسلم and I need more this is this is different however if person in custom uses more because of the way thating work and drains يقول المؤلف وقال الله تعالى ولا تسرفوا انه لا يحب المسرفين الله سبحانه وتعالى الله وعن ابي نعامه ان عبد الله ابن مغفل سمع ابنه يقول اللهم اني اسالك القصر الابيض عن يمين الجنه اذا دخلتها اسالك القصر الابيض عن يمين الجنه اذا دخلتها فيقول عبد الله بن مغفل لابنه اي بني سال الله الجنه وتعوذ به من النار فاني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول انه سيكون في هذه الامه قوم يعتدون في الطهور والدعاء والحديث عند ابي داوود في سننه so here we haveation of ابي نعامه ابو نعامه تابعين عبد الله بن مغفل making in quadrant of paradic my paradek fromell الله صلى الله عليه وسلم.
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inور وضو غسل دعاء ابو داود يقول صاحب عون المعبود اجمع العلماء على النهي عن الاسراف في الماء ولو في شاطئ البحر وهذا الحديث يتناول الغسل والوضوء واذ ازاله النجاسه عون المعبود سن ابي داوود in the agon of wasful of a person is on.
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غسل وضو نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى ان يعفو عنا وان يغفر لنا ذنوبنا ان يكفر عنا سيئاتنا وان يهدينا ويهدي بنا والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا.