WUDHU (ABLUTION)* (Episode 4(final)

 Muslims Till Death:

AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *WUDHU (ABLUTION)* (Episode 4(final)                                                                                                                                   
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*Let's continue on these Hadiths*👇.                                                         Narrated Abu Huraira [ رضى الله عنه ] _At the time of the Fajr prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) asked Bilal, "Tell me of the best deed you did after embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise." Bilal [ رضى الله عنه ] replied, "I did not do anything worth mentioning except that whenever I performed ablution during the day or night, I prayed after that ablution as much as was written for me."_
Ref : Sahih al-Bukhari 1149
In-book ref  : Book 19, Hadith 30 
Eng ref: Vol. 2, Book 21, Hadith 250
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Volume 1, Book 4, Number 247:

Narrated Al-Bara 'bin 'Azib:

The Prophet said to me, "Whenever you go to bed perform ablution like that for the prayer, lie or your right side and say, "Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu amri ilaika, wa alja'tu Zahri ilaika raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. La Malja' wa la manja minka illa ilaika. Allahumma amantu bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta wa bina-biyika-l ladhi arsalta" (O Allah! I surrender to You and entrust all my affairs to You and depend upon You for Your Blessings both with hope and fear of You. There is no fleeing from You, and there is no place of protection and safety except with You O Allah! I believe in Your Book (the Qur'an) which You have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent). Then if you die on that very night, you will die with faith (i.e. or the religion of Islam). Let the aforesaid words be your last utterance (before sleep)." I repeated it before the Prophet and when I reached "Allahumma amantu bikitabika-l-ladhi anzalta (O Allah I believe in Your Book which You have revealed)." I said, "Wa-rasulika (and your Apostle)." The Prophet said, "No, (but say): 'Wanabiyika-l-ladhi arsalta (Your Prophet whom You have sent), instead."
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Abu Hurairah [ رضى الله عنه ] narrated that Allah's Messenger صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said: "Shall I tell you that for which Allah will wipe out your sins, and raise your ranks?" They said, "Of course Allah's Messenger!" He said: "Performing Wudu well in difficulty, and taking many steps to the Masjid, and waiting for Salat after Salat, that is the Ribat."       
Ref: Sahih - Jami

at-Tirmidhi hadeeth #51
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Narrated 

Amr bin Yahya: My father said, _"I saw

Amr bin Abi Hasan asking 

Abdullah bin Zaid [ رضى الله عنه ] about the ablution of the Prophet (ﷺ) `Abdullah bin Zaid [ رضى الله عنه ] asked for an earthenware pot containing water and performed ablution in front of them. He poured water over his hands and washed them thrice. Then he put his (right) hand in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice with three handfuls of water Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice. After that he put his hand in the pot and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice and then again put his hand in the water and passed wet hands over his head by bringing them to the front and then to the back and once more he put his hand in the pot and washed his feet (up to the ankles.)"_

Ref: Sahih al-Bukhari 192 
In-book ref: Book 4, Hadith 58 
Eng ref: Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 191
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The first Hadith talks about the good deed of Billal *rta* which Prophet wanted to know. No One knew about this action except Bilal [ رضى الله عنه] and of course Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَ. The Prophet (ﷺ) had to enquire about it. And look how great Allah's Reward was . . . 
 
*Do any of us have an action that ONLY Allah knows we are doing?* 
This is what truly makes an action special . . . when you are so sincere that you seek only the Pleasure of Allah.
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Give away something you absolutely love, wake up at night to pray, visit an orphanage, give out some charity, really forgive someone who hurt you, submit to Allah's Decree in something you don't like. . . 
or like Bilal [ رضى الله عنه ] *pray 2 rak'aa each time you make wudu . . . and keep it "a secret" between only you and Allah alone.*
 
Then, on the day that you finally meet Him, you will have something special to present to Him . . . something you can be sure was sincerely for His Pleasure.
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The third Hadith also talks the significance of performing Ablution and waiting for swalat. *Ribat* in the hadith means frontier or border. Huge reward has been mentioned for the one who guards the Muslim territory by standing at the border, in anticipating an attack by enemy.
Similar reward can be gained by waiting for the next salah in anticipation of standing in front of Allah.
And Allah knows best.
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The last Hadith remind us of the best Ablution.   ❌ Some incorect ways commonly seen. 
▪. Using different water for mouth and nose ❌❌❌ (weak hadeeth)   
▪.Wiping the neck ❌❌❌ (weak hadeeth) 
▪ Raising index finger after wodhu for dua ❌❌❌  no such hadeeth
▪ Looking up at the sky after wodhu ❌❌❌ no such hadeeth

👆None of these are proven from sunnah.
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▪Rinsing anything more than three times is makrooh. The evidence for that is the report narrated by al-Nasaa’i (140), Abu Dawood (135) and Ibn Maajah (422) from ‘Amr ibn Shu’ayb from his father from his grandfather, who said: a Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him about wudoo’. He showed him how to do it washing each part of the body three times. Then he said: *_“This is wudoo’, and whoever does more than this has transgressed the limits and wronged himself.”_*
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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an laaila Ilan Anta astagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. *This brings to the end of our topic on ABLUTION. Questions, problems and complaints on this program are welcome privately*. May HE strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...AMIN.