Lesson 4 of Matn al-‘Ashmawiyyah – Obligatory, Sunnah and Virtuous Acts of Wudhu

Lesson 4 of Matn al-‘Ashmawiyyah – Obligatory, Sunnah and Virtuous Acts of Wudhu

by | Jun 23, 2017 | Maliki Fiqh, Matn al-Ashmawiyyah

Matn al-‘Ashmawiyyah

23rd June, 2017

Wudhu

This is a course taught by Ustadh Abdus Shakur Brooks covering the entire text. This text covers the essentials of purification, prayer and fasting according to the Mālikī school.

Matn

al-‘Ashmawiyyah.

Purification – Obligatory, Sunnah and Virtuous Acts of Wudu

You can download an MP3 of this lesson here: Lesson 4 – Obligatory, Sunnah and Virtuous Acts of Wudu

You can download a PDF of the english text here: Matn al-Ashmawiyyah

 

Lesson Notes:

Know, and may Allah grant you success:

The fara’id (compulsory) acts of wudu are seven:

1. Niyyah (intention) when washing the face.9
2. Washing the face.10
3. Washing the hands to (including) the elbows.11
4. Wiping the whole head.12
5. Washing the feet to (including) the ankles.13
6. Al-Faur (Uninterruptedly)14
7. Ad-Dalk (Rubbing)15

It is also obligatory, while washing your face that you penetrate through your beard if the hair of your beard is light to the point that you can see the skin underneath. However, if it is too much or thick then it is not obligatory to penetrate through it. Similarly, it is obligatory, while washing the hands that you wash between the fingers according to the mashhuur (the prominent position in the madhhab)

The Sunnah acts of wudu are eight.

1. Washing the hands to the wrist at the beginning.16
2. Rinsing out the mouth. 3. Slightly inhaling the water.
4. Exhaling; blowing water out of the nose.
5. Returning the wiping of the head (to the front).
6. Wiping the ears; outside and inside.
7. Renewing the water for wiping the ears.
8. Following to order of fara’id (obligatory) acts.

The fada’il (meritorious) acts of wudu are seven.

1. Saying ‘bismillah’
2. Doing wudu in a clean place
3. Using minimum amount of water without any specific limit
4. Placing the water container on the right hand side if it is open (on top)
5. To wash twice or thrice after having done the first time
6. Beginning from front of the head (when wiping it)
7. Siwak (brushing the teeth)

And Allah knows best.

9 It is mentioned that the niyyah is to be observed just before washing the face since it is the first obligatory limb to be washed from amongst the obligatory limbs, however it is highly recommended to make it at the onset and maintained until the washing of the face. The niyyah is not to be said out loud, it is in the heart. Also, it is not any specific utterance or wording. It suffices that you become fully aware that you are intending to remove hadath (impurity) in order that you may enter into a state in which it is permissible to pray, to touch the Qur’an, etc.
10 The face is from the hairline down to the chin and what is between the tragus of the right ear and the tragus of the left ear. It is important that one does not fold the lips pass the makhraj (point of articulation) of the letter (baa) as lips are considered part of the face.
11 The hand is from the finger tips to, in this case including, the elbow.
12 You simply wet your hands and wipe the whole head beginning from the front hairline to the hairline at the back of your head.
13 The feet are washed in their totality including the ankles and nothing beyond. It is equally important to wash between the toes.
14 This means washing the next limb immediately after the previous limb without a very long break in between. A very long while is considered to be the duration long enough for the previous limb to be completely dry.
15 It does not suffice to let water run over your limb, it is obligatory to rub the limbs.
16 One does not dip his hands inside the water container until he has washed the hands by pouring water over and washing them, with the fear of polluting the water which is intended to purify the rest of the limbs.

40 HADITH

The 40 Hadith, compiled by Imam Nawawi

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The School of Imam Malik

The School of Imam Malik

by | May 26, 2017 | Maliki Fiqh, Videos

An Introduction to the School of Imam Malik
Maliki Fiqh
26th MAY, 2017

Imam Malik was born and lived his whole life in Madina and saw the traces of the Companions and Followers and the grave of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and all the great places there. He felt an enormous esteem for Madina and all it contained which marked his life from his earliest childhood. He maintained this deep-rooted respect until his death and it had a profound impact on his thought, his fiqh and his life in general. He gave great importance to the practice of its people in his ijtihad. Indeed, the principle of the ‘Practice of the People of Madina’ was one of the foundations of his legal method.

Malik grew up in a household which was engaged in the science of Traditions and hadith. His family was interested in the knowledge of the reports and traditions of the Companions and their fatwas. His grandfather, Malik ibn Abi ‘Amir, was one of the great men of knowledge of the Tabi’un. He related from many Companions. It is clear, however, that Anas ibn Malik, Malik’s father, was not greatly concerned with hadith since it is not known that Malik related anything from him, although Malik’s grandfather and uncles were. His family was well-known for their devotion to knowledge. Malik was originally known as ‘the brother of an-Nadr’, a brother of his who was esteemed for his knowledge. Then his own desire to seek knowledge grew to such an extent that people began to say, ‘an-Nadr, the brother of Malik.’
Masjid Nabawi.
Madinah Sharif
After memorising the Qur’an he devoted himself to memorising hadith, which was much encouraged in the environment of Madina. Malik went to the assemblies of scholars to write down what they taught and study it. Malik devoted himself to knowledge from an early age and sought it out from the people of knowledge in Madina. He confined himself to two areas of knowledge: hadith and fiqh. He did not like to argue about the reports of the various sects regarding matters about which people become confused and disagree. That was not due to any ignorance of their positions but was based on knowledge and clear evidence because he saw that delving into such things had no benefit.

“I love to honor the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (S), and I do not read Hadith without wudu”.

—Imām Mālik [d. 179H/795CE]

He learned the fatwas of the Companions from the Tabi’un and the Tabi’i’t-Tabi’in. He learned ‘Umar’s fatwas and those of Ibn Umar, ‘A’isha and other Companions. He learned the fatwas of Ibn al-Musayyab and other great Tabi’un. Their fatwas are the source of much of Maliki fiqh.

Masjid Nabawi.
Madinah Sharif

Malik lived surrounded by the traces of the Tabi’un and Companions, and he learned the fatwas of the Companions from the Tabi’un and singled out those whose opinions were best. He investigated the reports of ‘Umar and Ibn Mas’ud and other fuqaha’ of the Companions, studying their cases and rulings.

In the above video, Shaykh Ali Laraki gives an introduction to the school (madhab) of Imam Malik and the school of Madinah
40 HADITH
The 40 Hadith, compiled by Imam Nawawi
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A resource to help you memorise Juz ‘Amma

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The Art of Wudhu

by | Sep 17, 2014 | Featured, Maliki Fiqh

SubhanAllah! Shaykh Khatri demonstrates the prophetic Wudu as taught to him by his teacher with an unbroken chain right back to the Prophet ﷺ

Filmed and original edit by Sidi Aaron Sellars of Zaytuna College in 2000.

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