Book of Namaz

PRECONDITIONS OF NAMÂZ
1- TAHÂRAT FROM HADAS (Purification from
the state of being without ablution or ghusl):
On this subject, we will give information on ablution, ghusl and
tayammum.
PERFORMING ABLUTION [WUDÛ, ABDAST]:
Performing ablution is one of the fards of namâz. It is necessary
to perform ablution to hold the Qur'ân al-karîm, circumambulate
the Kâ'ba, to make sajda of tilâwat, also to perform a janâza
namâz. It brings much thawâb to remain with ablution constantly,
to go to bed, to eat and drink while one is with ablution.
Those who die while they are with ablution will be given the
thawâb of attaining martyrdom. Our Prophet "sall-allahu alaihi wa
sallam" said:
(He who dies while he has ablution will not feel the pain of
death. For, ablution is a sign of having îmân. It is the key to namâz,
it is the cleanser of sins from the body.)
(When a Believer makes an ablution, his sins will be rid from
his eyes, hands and feet. He sits down as having been forgiven.)
(The best of the deeds is namâz. Those who constantly perform
ablution are doubtlessly Believers. A Believer must be with
ablution during the daytime and he must be with ablution when he
goes to sleep at night. When he does so, he will be under the
protection of Allahu ta'âlâ. Food and water, in the stomach of he
who has eaten while he was with ablution, mentions the name of
Allahu ta'âlâ. They make istighfâr for him as long as they remain
in his stomach.)
There are fards, sunnats, adabs, and prohibited and nullifying
things in an abdast (ablution). If a person performs namâz without
an ablution though he does not have a strong necessity for doing
so and he knows that he does not have an ablution, he becomes a
disbeliever. He who loses his ablution while performing namâz,
performs the salâm to one side right away and stops his namâz. Re-
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