Method of Salat

( Wudhu )

It is compulsory to perform Wudhu for all the wajib Salat, with the exception of Salat al-Mayyit (Salat for the deceased person). In Wudhu, we wash our face and hands; and wipe our head and the top of our feet.

( How do we Perform Wudhu? ) {style="text-align: center"}

1. First, the face must be washed from the top of the forehead, the place where the hair grows, until the bottom of the chin. The width of the face that must be washed is the distance between the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger. We must wash our face from top to bottom.

2. After washing our face, then we wash our right arm, from slightly above the elbow down to our fingertips. This too must be washed from top to bottom.

3. After our right arm, we must wash our left arm; again, from above the elbow down to the fingertips, and from the top to bottom.

4. After these washings, are completed, with the water that is on our right hand, we have to wipe the top of our head (hum about the distance of one finger). We must not take any extra water for this.

5. We then proceed to wipe our right foot with our right hand, from the tip of our toes, up to the ankle bone with the water that is remaining in our right hand. Again, we must not take any extra water.

6. To finish, we wipe our left foot with our left hand from the top of our toes, up to the ankle bone with the water that is remaining on our left hand.