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Ablution and Ghusul

Ghusul refers to the full ablution (ritual washing) performed in Islam. In order to enter a state of purity before salat (prayer), a Muslim usually performs the partial ablution, or also known as wudhu.

Ablution/Ghusul is recommended for the following:

Offering Friday Prayers.
Entering ehram for Hajj.
Being unconscious.
Burying a mushrik.
Before going out for the Eid prayer.
Before a new Muslim takes shahada for the first time.

In other cases a ghusl is obligatory in the following:

After having sexual intercourse or any discharge of semen or sexual fluids.
After a woman completes her menstrual cycle.
After a woman gives birth.
Death away from the battlefield

What Breaks Wudhu or Nullifys Wudhu?

After performing wudhu this wudhu would be valid for throughout the rest of the day. However, certain actions invalidates or breaks wudhu, here are some exmaples of what nullifys ones Wudhu:

Defecation, passing Gas or Urination.
Emission of semen.
Sleep.
Losing consciousness or sense.
Passing blood.
Vomiting.

The above is not just limited to the above but also include all other conditions.

Tayammum

Tayammum refers to the dry ablution in Islam using sand or dust, which may be performed in places of wudhu or ghusl, this is only permitted if no clean water is readily available or if one is not able to come into contact with running water due to an illness or any other harmful side effects that may occur in doing so.

Performing Tayammum:

1. Finding a piece of ground which is free of impurities and contamination. This can be of any natural surface such as a rock, sand, dust or dry grass.

2.Recite the bismillah.

3.Make niya, or intention to make Tayammum.

4.Place the hands on the surface of the ground or whatever object you are using to perform Tayammum.

5.Move hands into position with palms facing downwards, rub hands together and ensuring that no dust remains.

6.Rub face with hands.

7.Press hands to ground and touch sides of hands together.

8.Rub your right arm with left hand, from the fingers to the elbow, and back along the inner arm to the hand. Performt he same with your left arm.

9.The same conditions that invalidate wudhu also invalidates tayammum. A person's Tayammum is nullified as & when water becomes available.

How to Perform Wudhu

1. Start by making niyyah (intention) to perform wudhu and cleanse yourself of impurities and other bad attributes.

2. Say bismillah ("In the Name of Allah (God)").

3. Wash your right up to the wrist (and between the fingers) three times first, then similarly for the left hand.

4. Rinse your mouth thoroughly and spit out the water three times.

5. Gently put water into the nostrils with the right hand, into your right nostril first then your left nostril. Perform this three times for each nostril.

6. Wash the face from the hairline on the forehead to where facial hair begins from ear to ear, wipe down covering the area below your chin but above your neck. Perform this three time.

7. Wash your entire right arm, including your hand, up to the elbow three times; then do the same for your left arm three times.

8. Wet hands and begin positioning your hands flat wiping the top of your head starting from the hairline, wiping all the way to the back of your neck and back again to the front. This is only done once.

9. With your wet fingers, place thumbs at backs of ears, place your index fingers on curves of the ear and middle finger to wash the ears (front and back). This is only done once.

10. Starting with your right foot, wash both feet from the ankles to your toes, perform this three times.

Duas After Wudhu

"ASH HADU AN LA ILAHA ILLAL LAHU WAH DAHU LA SHAREEKA LAHU WA ASH HADU AN-NA MUHAMMADAN 'ABDUHU WA RASULUHU."

(I testify that there is no deity except Allah alone. And I testify that Muhammad (SAW) is His servant and Messenger)

"ALLAH HUM MAJ 'ALNEE MINAT TAW-WABEEN, WAJ 'ALNEE MINAL MUTA TAH-HIREEN."

(O Allah make me among those who are penitent and make me among those who are purified)