Sunnats and Aadaab of Wudhu_2
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10. Wash the face thrice. The procedure of washing the face is to
take water in both hands and pass it gently over the face.
It is
makrooh to splash the water on the face. The face has to be
washed from the top of the forehead to beneath the chin and from one ear till the other. Ensure that water reaches all
parts of the face, including the corner of the eyes and the
skin between the earlobes and sideburns.
11. Make khilaal of the beard. Khilaal of the beard should be
made by passing wet fingers through the beard from the
bottom (from beneath the chin).
Khilaal is sunnah for the one
whose beard is thick due to which the skin beneath the hair is
not visible.
If the beard is thin and the skin beneath the hair
is visible, then in this case, khilaal of the beard will not be
made. Instead, when washing the face, it will be necessary to
make the water reach the skin of the face.
12. Take water in both the palms and wash the right arm
including the elbow thrice. Thereafter, take water in both the
palms and wash the left arm including the elbow thrice.
It is
sunnah to commence the washing of the arms from the
fingers going up to the elbows. If one washes the arms from
the elbows going down towards the fingers, the washing will
be valid, however this is against the sunnah method of
washing the arms.
13. Make khilaal of the fingers. Khilaal of the right hand will be
made before the left hand.
Khilaal will be made by placing
the left hand above the right hand and passing the fingers of
the left hand through the fingers of the right hand, and
thereafter placing the right hand above the left hand and
passing the fingers of the right hand through the fingers of
the left hand.
Khilaal can also be made through intertwining
the fingers of the right hand with the fingers of the left
hand.
14. Make masah of the entire head once. The method of masah is
for one to take both his hands and pass them over the entire
head, commencing from the front and moving towards the
back of the head.
15. Make masah of the ears. When making masah, use the index
finger to make masah of the internal portion of the ear and
the thumb to make masah of the external portion of the ear
(behind the ear). Thereafter, insert the small finger or index
finger into the ears.
16. Make masah of the nape (the back of the neck) using the back
of the fingers. Masah will not be made on the throat.
17. Wash the feet including the ankles thrice. It is mustahab to
commence washing the feet from the toes towards the
ankles.
18. Make khilaal of the toes using the small finger of the left
hand.
Commence with the small toe of the right foot and end
with the small toe of the left foot.