Wudhu etc

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Have a few questions to ask about wudhu and ghusl. I suffer from a lot of waswasa which i am trying to cure. Could you please answer them with referencing. Your help is really appreciated as this is something that is taking a lot of my time.Thanks.

Wudhu Related:

  1. In washing my mouth, i gargle but have doubts about whether all of it got wet or not, so it takes me a while to wash through… how do i deal with this?

  1. While washing the face, it takes me forever making sure that the water reaches the beginning of the hair roots on my face… how important is this step to make sure absolutely everything is wet?

  2. in wudhu, exactly HOW much “behind the ear” do we clean? does the entire ear have to be wiped or just the groove?

  3. while washing the arms, is it enough that i pour water on the hand and then wipe over it to make sure everything is wet? or does all of the arm have to have water poured onto it?

I KNOW IT IS WRONG, but it takes me up to 20 min to satisfactorally complete a wudhu… i dont know how to reduce this time :frowning: like it’ll take me 1-2 minutes just to make intention, say aozhobilla, bismillah and to translate their meanings in the hearts and then make sure i mean it!

Ghusl:

  1. In the many hadith on ghusl, it is emphasised that the roots of the hair have to be wet… exactly how does one make sure absoloutely all of the roots have infact been touched by water? so far, I’d use shampoo with every ghusl to make sure that i touch the roots and then wash… but this is turning out to be detrimental to the health of my hair. If i just pour water with the shower while moving hair around, and i feel that most of the roots probably got wet, then is this sufficient?

  2. This is how i do ghusl: is it correct?

  • make intention, say bismillah
  • wash off the unclean stuff
  • wash mouth, nose and ear
  • wash hair, hence body gets wet.

Please help! :jazak:

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Re: Wudhu etc

You're overthinking this and worrying too much. If you gargle, then your mouth is wet. If you splash the face, then the beginning of roots of hair get wet. Behind the ear is just behind the ear, just swipe it with your thumb, and swipe the finger into the groove. For arms, pouring water on the hand and then wiping it up to the elbows is fine. After the niyyah, it shouldn't take you 20 minutes to perform wadhu, probably 3-4 minutes at most.

For ghusl, you don't have to use the shampoo. Any normal bathing activity will get all your hair wet. And stop having those doubts. Allah knows what's in the hearts, and even if you unintentionally miss a hair or two, He's merciful, forgiving.

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Re: Wudhu etc

I dont have doubts by choice, nor can i make them go away by chice, but I am trying :(

As for washing my face part, i try to cover the entire face but can see that I havn't touched the top part of my head.

Can someone please tell me the procedure mentioned in the original post to do ghusl correct?

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**Steps to perform Wudhu (Ablution)

**Wudhu (Ablution) is the key to Salaah and it is essential that we perform Wudhu first before we begin Salaah. These are the steps to take when making Wudhu :

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Excellence of Wudhu

HADITH 1 :

Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (R.A) narrated that the Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) said :

“My Ummah (followers) will be called on the Day of Judgement and their faces, hands, and feet will be white due to their performing Wudu. Therefore any one of you who wishes to increase his brightness on the Day should do so by washing the parts of wudu for longer.”
(Bukhari & Muslim)

HADITH 2 :

Uthman ibn Affan (R.A) narrated that the Holy Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) said :

“A person who makes wudu thoroughly, his sins will be removed from his body even from beneath his nails.” Subhanallah!

**HADITH 3 :
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Abu Huraira (R.A) narrated that the Holy Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) said :

“When a Muslim washes his face (for the sake od wudu) the sins he had committedwith his eyes will until the final drop of water leaves his face. When he washed his hands the sins he has committed with them will be washed away by the water. When he washes his feet, the sins which his feet walked towards will be washed away until the final drop has left them. He will then walk away purified of his sins.” (Muslim)

HADITH 4 :

Hadrat Umar ibn Al-Khattab (R.A) narrated that the Holy Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) said :

“Any of you who performs wudu thoroughly and then says: 'I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah Azwajal, who is the one and has no partner. I testify that Muhammed (S.A.W) is the Messenger of Allah. O Allah make me from those who have repented and have been purified.'The Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) then said: 'The person who reads this dua after wudu will find that all eight gates of Jannah (heaven) will be open for him. He can enter from whichever gate he wishes to.”
(Muslim & Trimidhi)

HADITH 5 :

Humran ibn Aban relates that Uthman ibn Affan (R.A) asked for water to make wudu - then he mentioned how the Prophet (S.A.W) made wudu. Then he said: The Prophet (S.A.W) said at the end of the hadith Whoever makes wudu in the same way that I have just made wudu then stands up and prays two rak’ahs, not thinking of other things, then his previous sins are forgiven.
(Sahih al-Bukhari)
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HADITH 6 :**

Uqbah ibn Amir (R.A) reported that the Prophet (S.A.W) said, Whoever makes wudu and makes it well, then prays two rak’ahs concentrating therein with his heart and his face - then Paradise is obligatory for him.

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