Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle

Imâm-i Rabbânî wrote in his 286th letter that since rubbing the
limbs (dalk) is a fard of ablution in Mâlikî, one should certainly
rub them. While explaining the rij’î talâq Ibni Âbidîn wrote that it
is better for a Hanafî Muslim to imitate the Mâlikî Madhhab
because Imâm-i Mâlik was in the position of a disciple to Imâm-i
A’zam [1] .
There are twelve prohibitions in performing an ablution. Doing
them is either harâm or makrûh; they are as follows:
1 - When relieving oneself or urinating in the toilet or outdoors,
one should not turn one’s front or back towards the qibla.
It is makrûh also to stretch one’s feet towards the qibla or the
Qur’ân. If the Qur’ân is above your level, it will not be makrûh.
One can enter the toilet with the Qur’ân or an amulet that is
wrapped up with a separate cover.
2 - It is harâm to open one’s private parts in company in order
to make tahârat.
3 - One should not make tahârat with one’s right hand.
4 - When there is no water, it is makrûh to make tahârat (to
clean oneself) with food products, manure, bones, animals’ food,
coal, someone else’s property, a piece of flowerpot or tile, reeds,
leaves, a piece of cloth or paper.
5 - One must not spit or throw mucus into the pool where one
makes an ablution.
6 - One should not wash more or less than the prescribed limit
of one’s limbs of ablution, nor wash them more or fewer than three
times.
7 - One must not wipe one’s limbs of ablution with the same
cloth used for tahârat.
8 - While washing the face, one must not splash the water on
one’s face, but pour it from the upper forehead downwards.
9 - One must not blow on or over the surface of the water.
10 - One must not close one’s mouth and eyes tightly. If even a
tiny part of the outward part of the lips or the eyelids is left dry, the
ablution will not be acceptable.
11 - One must not expell mucus from one’s nose with one’s
right hand.
12 - One must not make masah on one’s head, ears or neck
[1] It should go without saying that this suggestion must be saved for such
cases as you need to imitate a Madhhab other than your own.
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