MORE ABOUT THE SUN-NAHS IN
ABLUTION
Q. How it if one is performs ablution
without intention?
If one does not have an express intention
for ablution but water drips through all the parts of his body necessary to be
washed in ablution, either by falling into a river or by standing in rain
water, ablution may be deemed to have been performed. He will of course be
denied the reward from Al-lah meant for ablution.
Q. How to make intention for ablution?
Making intention means making up one’s
mind. One should, at the time of ablution, make up one’s mind that he is doing
the ablution in order to remove uncleanness, secure cleanness and be able to
say the prayers in the right manner. This very thought or affirmation in mind
is considered for the ablution.
Q. Is it necessary to express the intention
in words?
No, it is not necessary. But there is no
harm in saying it either.
Q. In what terms should one affirm the
intention for re-ablution if one is already in a state of ablution?
He should only have the intention to
secure additional reward and virtue from Al-lah for reinforcing his ablution.
Q. Must one say the whole of Tasmi’ in
ablution?
It is equally permissible whether one
recites:
BISMIL-LAHIR-RAHMANIR-RAHIM
or
BISMIL-LAHIL-‘ALIY-YIL-‘ADHIM VALHAMDU
LIL-LAHI ALA DINIL-ISLAM
or
Bismillahi wal-hamdu lil-lahi
Q. How is it to brush one’s teeth (with a
tooth-stick)?
Brushing the teeth (doing miswak) is an
emphasized Precept (Sun-nah-Mu’akidah) of the Prophet (peace be on him). It has
manifold advantages. The brush should be the piece of branch or root of a tree
bitter in taste such as the root of ‘Piloo’ or the branch of ‘Neem’. The
tooth-stick should not be longer than the breadth of a span. The brush should
be washed before and after use. First the teeth on the right side those on the
left should be brushed. They should be brushed thrice using fresh water each
time.
Q. What about gargling?
Gargling is the Prophet’s Precept in
ablution and bath. But no gargling should be done if one is fasting. Only
rinsing should be done with help of the right hand.
Q. How should one pass water into one’s
nostrils?
One should hold water into one’s scooped
right hand close to one’s nose then exhale it up (but care should be taken not
to exhale up the water so powerfully that it reaches the brain). If one is
fasting, he should not exhale the water up through the nostrils with the help
of his hand. Gargling and putting water into the nostrils are both emphasized
Precepts of the Prophet (peace be on him).
Q. Bungling which part of the beard with the
fingers is the Prophet’s Precept?
Bungling the lower and middle hair of the
beard is the Prophet’s Precept. It is however obligatory to wash the beard
adjoining the skin of the face.
Q. How should one intercross one’s fingers?
The intercrossing of the fingers should
be done in such a manner that the fingers of one hand should be put into those
of the other and given a shake. The toes should be wetted by crossing the
little finger of the left hand into them. The process should be started with
the little toe of the right foot and ended on the little toe of the left.
Q. How must one perform the Mas-ha of the
entire head?
Wet both your hands with water and put
them on both sides of the forelocks and take your palms including the fingers
together across the head down to the back of the hair and bring them back in
the same order. Take care that the whole of the head is thus crossed over.
Q. Must one use fresh water for the Mas-ha
of the ear?
No, the water taken for the Mas-ha of the
head will do. Mas-ha of the head will do. Mas-ha of the inner side of the ear
should be done with the first finger (the fonger of Shahadah). The outer
part of the ear should be wiped with the thumbs.