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- Wudu (or ghusl when required)
- Clean body, clothes and place
- Covering: for men from navel to knees; for women the whole body except face and hands
- Facing the Qibla
- The prayer's time has begun
- Intention in the heart
breaksWudu
Using the toilet, passing wind, deep sleep, and losing consciousness. Then make wudu again before praying.
The four obligatory parts come from Qur'an 5:6 (face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head, feet to the ankles). Washing three times is the Sunnah.
1. Intention and Bismillah
Make the intention in your heart and say Bismillah.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ
Bismillah
In the name of Allah.
repeat · Before wudu (Abu Dawud 101)
2. Hands
Wash both hands up to the wrists, three times.
3. Mouth
Rinse your mouth, three times.
4. Nose
Sniff water into your nose and blow it out, three times.
5. Face
required
Wash your whole face from hairline to chin and ear to ear, three times.
6. Arms
required
Wash your right arm up to and including the elbow, then the left, three times each.
7. Head
required
Wipe over your head with wet hands, once.
8. Ears
Wipe inside and behind the ears with wet fingers, once.
9. Feet
required
Wash your right foot up to and including the ankle, between the toes, then the left, three times each.
10. The du'a after wudu
Then say:
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
Ashhadu an la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.
repeat · After wudu (Sahih Muslim 234)
Faith Atlas prototype; Tanzil Uthmani; quran-tajweed; supplied hadith references · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930); prototype non-Quran meanings pending review · Tanzil terms; tajweed CC BY 4.0; Pickthall public domain; prototype permission pending scholar review ·