Part 2

From the benefits of adhering to the Sunnah are:

0 To reach the level of love - Love of Allah (48) for his believing slave.

Olt is a means to compensate for any deficiency in the obligatory actions.

Olt is a protection from falling into innovation.

0 It indicates the exaltation of those things that represent the religion of Allah.!J

By Allah, O Ummah of Islam, revive the Sunan of your Messenger (#) in all aspects of your lives, for the Sunnah is evidence of your complete love for the Messenger of Allah (#@) and a sign of your sincerity in following him.

Tt) exalt, in this sense means to adhere to, or comply with something.

. Wipe the effects of sleep from the face with your hands:

Imaam An-Nawawee and Ibn Hajar stated this wiping to be desirable based on the following:

When the Messenger of Allah (4) woke up, he would sit up and rub away the effects of sleep from his face with his hand.’

. Say the supplication for waking up:

Ny Gul G Ly Ch ci a Les All praise is for Allah who gave us life after death (sleep) and to Him is the resurrection.”

. Use a Stwaak:

When the Prophet (4) woke up from the

night (sleep), he used to clean his mouth with a Siwaak.

When one of you wakes up from sleep, then snuff water three times. For indeed, Shaytaan spends the night in the upper

part of his nose.

ENTERING AND LEAVING THE TOILET

1. Enter with the left foot and leave with the right. 2. Supplicate when RRIETINE the toilet:

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3. Supplicate when leaving:

moe | sab) Lask You (Allah) for forgiveness.”

People use the bathroom many times during the day and night. If they observe these Sunan for entering and leaving every time they go, they will fulfill two Sunan for entering and two Sunan for leaving.

Al-Knubth and Al-Khabaa‘ith - These are male

''! No evidence for entering with the left foot and leaving with the right was found. Therefore, it seems that general evidences indicating the use of the right for good and the left for the opposite have been used.

and female devils.”! In order to be protected by Allah from their evil, one should seek refuge from them when entering the toilet. The toilet is one of their places of abode.

"! There two opinions as to the meaning of AL-khubth and Al-khabaa‘ith. The first is that it means, all evil and evildoers and the second is that it means, male and female devils. The Shaykh follows the

latter opinion. [23 |

WwUuDOoO’ 1. Begin with At-Tasmiyah:

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2. Wash both hands three times at the start of Wudoo’.

3. Rinse the mouth and snuff water into the nose before washing the face.

4. Expel water from the nose using the left hand:

He (#&) washed fris hands three times, then rinsed his mouth, snuffed water and blew if out.?1 Then he washed his face three times.

" This is based on the hadith of Aboo Hurayrah (2.). “There is no prayer for the person who has net performed Wudoo’ and there is wo Wudoo’ for the one who does not mention the Name of Allah.”

There is a difference of opinion amongst the scholars regarding this hadith. Shaykh AlAlbaanee has mentioned the scholars who have declared this hadith as good or authentic in

_, Irwaa Al-Ghaleel, Volume 1, hadith 81. "I The use of the left hand was not explicitly

mentioned in this Hadeetl, but there is a narration of Ad-Daarimee, ‘Abd Khayr said, ‘... we were

5. Be thorough in rinsing the mouth and snuffing water, as mentioned in the hadith:

and be thorough in snuffing water unless you are fasting.”

The meaning of being thorough in rinsing the mouth is to pass the water around to all parts of the mouth. The meaning of being thorough in snuffing water is to snuff the water to the uppermost part of the nose.

sitting, while looking towards ‘Alee (2:) as lie was performing Wudoo'. He entered a handful of water into his mouth with his right hand and washed his mouth and nose and he then expelled the water from his nose with his left hand, He did this three tines and then said, ‘Whoever wants to see the way of purification of the Messenger of Allah (88), then this is his purification’.’

Shaykh Al-Albaanee said that this hadith has an authentic chain of narrators in his notes on AlMishkaat. It is worth noting that this follows the Same principle mentioned in footnote 2 In the Previous Chapter. Also, refer to the reference of Zaad Al-Ma‘aad and by Ibn Al-Qayyim mentioned in hadith reference number 9 at the end of the

6. Rinse the mouth and place water of the nose for snuffing with the same handful of water:

Then he (#) put his hand (in the water) and rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water (for cleaning the nose) from the palm of one hand...

Note that the same handful of water was used—he (#) did not separate between the two action by using one handful for the first action and another for the second.

7. Siwaak and its position with regard to rinsing the mouth, from the hadith: Had it not been that I might cause hardship to my Ummah, I would have ordered them to use a Siwaak with every Wuzdoo’?'*

8. Run the fingers through a thick beard when washing the face. The Prophet (#) ran his fingers through his beard when performing Wudoo’.*

9. Wipe the head.

The way of wiping the head is to start from the forehead until the nape of the

neck and back to the front again. As for what is obligatory of wiping the head, then it is wiping the whole of the head in any manner, from the front to the back and to the front again.

_ and the Messenger of Allah (36) wiped his head with his two hands from the front to the back and then to the front again...

11. Begin with the right hand and foot:

12. Increase washing from one to three

times, when washing the face, arms and feet,!”

13.Pronounce the Shahaadah upon

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Al gb ole I bear witness that there is no deity worthy

of worship except Allah and I bear witness than Muhanimad (#4) is His Slave and Messenger. The benefit of its pronunciation is that, . the eight doors of Paradise will be opened for lim and he can ee? from whichever one of them he desires."*

14. Perform Wudoo’ at home: Whoever purifies (ie. perfornis Wudoo') in his house and then walk to one of the Houses of Allah (i.e. the Masjid) to perform an obligation of Allah (i.e. one of every two steps, a sin is removed and witli the other, his level is raised (in Paradise.’

16. Economies in the use of water:

The Prophet (2%) used to perform ablution with a Mudd"! of water,

17. Exceed the area of what is obligatory when washing the hands and feet:

When Aboo Hurayrah (4) performed his

"l See: Glossary of Terms, for an explanation of this

Wudoo’, he washed his hand up to his upper arm (i.e. Up to his elbow and just beyond it) and then said, ‘This is the way I saw the Messenger of Allah (#) perform Wudoo’...?* 18. Perform two Rak’ah after completing Wudoo’: Whoever performs Wudoo’ in way that I perform it and then prays two Rak’ah of prayer and does not think of anything else {unrelated to the prayer) during it, his past sins will be forgiven.” In another hadith it was mentioned: ... Paradise would be made obligatory for him**, A muslim performs Wudoo’ many times during the day and night. Some people Perform it five times and others perform it More, depending on whether they pray additional optional prayers, such as Salaah Ad-Duhaa or Qiyaam Al-Layl. *nefits of observing these Sunan in udoo’: Q The person will fall under the category of People in his (4) saying:

Whoever performs ablution well, the sins leave his body even from under his fingernails,”

0 The Prophet (8) also said:

General words of advice from Imaam Ar Nawawee:

Indeed, a person obtains this level (of AlKhushoo’) by striving against his own self (ie. his lowly desires) and against the whispering of Shaytaan - repulsing them from himself such that he is fully preoccupied with this striving, without losing focus even for the blink of an eye. Hence, he is safeguarded from Shaytaan due to his striving and emptying his heart of everything that is harmful to it.

A Siwaak can be used on numerous occasions:

For every prayer, as the Prophet (#) said: Had it not been that I might cause hardship to my people, I would have ordered you fo use a Stwaak for every prayer.”

The Muslim may use a Siwaak many times during the night and day - for the five obligatory prayers, Ar-Rawaatib Sunnah, prayers of Ad-Duhaa, Al-Witr ete.

When entering the house:

When reciting the Quran.

When the smell of the mouth changes. When waking up.’

The benefits from implementing this Sunnah:

C1 The Pleasure of Allah (4¢) is on His slave, Cc Itis a purification of the mouth,

Modern medicine has discovered thai Siwaak contains many substances that are o! benefit to humans, especially for the gums There are substances that counteract germs act as purifiers, have cleaning properties to! the teeth and freshen the smell and taste o! the mouth.

Put shoes on starting with the right foot and take them off starting with the left: When you put shoes on, begin with the right and when you remove them, begin with the left. Or, wear them both, or leave them both off" >! The Muslim does this many times during the day and night-when entering and leaving the Masjid, the bathroom, the house, when going to work etc. Whenever the Muslim puts on or removes his shoes in accordance with the Sunnah, with this Intention in mind, he obtains a great reward. And all his actions of Harakaat and