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<strong>The</strong> Order <strong>to</strong> Perform Wudu<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah said,<br />

یَا أَی ُّهَا ال َّذِینَ‏ آمَنُواْ‏ ...<br />

O you who believe!<br />

48<br />

إِذَا قُمْتُمْ‏ إِلَى الص َّلاةِ‏<br />

<strong>When</strong> you stand for (intend <strong>to</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer) the Salah,<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah commanded performing Wudu for the<br />

prayer. This is a command <strong>of</strong> obligation in the<br />

case <strong>of</strong> impurity, and in the case <strong>of</strong> purity, it is<br />

merely a recommendation.<br />

<strong>It</strong> <strong>was</strong> said that in the beginning <strong>of</strong> Islam, Muslims had<br />

<strong>to</strong> perform Wudu for every prayer, but later on, this<br />

ruling <strong>was</strong> abrogated.<br />

Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal recorded that Sulayman bin<br />

Buraydah said that his father said,<br />

"<strong>The</strong> Prophet used <strong>to</strong> perform Wudu before every<br />

prayer. On the Day <strong>of</strong> Vic<strong>to</strong>ry, he performed<br />

Wudu and wiped on his Khuffs and prayed the<br />

five prayers with one Wudu.<br />

Umar said <strong>to</strong> him, `O Messenger <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah! You did<br />

something new that you never did before.'<br />

<strong>The</strong> Prophet said,<br />

`I did that intentionally O Umar!'''<br />

...<br />

إني عمدا فعلته یا عمر<br />

Muslim and the collec<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> the Sunan also<br />

recorded this Hadith.<br />

At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih.''<br />

Ibn Jarir recorded that <strong>Al</strong>-Fadl bin <strong>Al</strong>-Mubashshir said,<br />

"I saw Jabir bin Abdullah perform several prayers<br />

with only one Wudu. <strong>When</strong> he would answer the<br />

...

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