Hadith on Wudu in General

1. "Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala Ibn Abd ar-Rahman from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, May Allan bless him and grant him peace, went to the burial grounds and said, "Peace be upon you, home of people who believe! We shall be among you, Allah willing. I wish that I had seen our brothers!" The people with him said, "Messenger of Allah! Are we not your brothers?" "No," he said, "You are my companions. Our brothers are those who have not yet come. And I will precede them to the Hawd. (The Hawd: the watering place of the prophet, May Allah bless hi. And grant him peace, from which he will give go the people of his community on the day of rising.)" They asked hi,, "Messenger of Allah! How will you recognise those of your community who come after you?"

     He said, "Doesn't a man who has horses with white legs and white blazes on their foreheads among totally black horses recognise which ones are his own?". They said, "Of course, Messenger of Allah." He went on, "Even so will they come on the day of rising with white marks on their foreheads, hands, and feet from Wudu and I will precede them to the Hawd. Some men will be driven away from the Hawd as if they were straying camels and I shall call out to them, 'Sill to not come? Will you not come? Will you not come?' And someone will say, 'They changed things after you,' so I shall say, 'The. Away with them, away with them, away with them!'.""

2. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham Ibn Urwa from his father from the Humran, the Marla of Uthman Ibn Affan, that Uthman Ibn Affan was once sitting on the Maqa'id (the benches surrounding the Madina Mosque or else a stone near Uthman Ibn Affan's house where he sat to discuss with people), when the muadhdhin came and told him that it was time for the asr prayer. He called for water and did Wudu. Then he said, "By you if it were not in the Book of Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'If a man does Wudu, and makes sure he does it correctly, and then does the prayer, he will be forgiven everything that he does between then and the time when he prays the next prayer.',

    Yahya said that Malik said, 'I believe he meant this ayat - 'Establish prayer at the two ends of the day and in some watches of the night. Good actions take away wrong actions. That is a reminder for those who remember.'" (Sura 11 ayat 114)"

3. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd Ibn Aslam from Ata Ibn Yasar from Abdullah as-Sanabihi that the Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A trusting Slave does Wudu and as he rinses his mouth the wrong actions leave it. As he cleans his nose the wrong actions leave it. As he washes his face, the wrong actions leave it, even from underneath his eyelashes. As he washes his hands, the wrong actions leave them, even from underneath his fingernails. As he wipes his head the wrong actions leave it, even from his ears. And as he washes his feet the wrong actions leave them, even from underneath the toenails of both his feet." He added. "Then his walking to the mosque and his prayer are an extra reward for him.""

4. "Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messanger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Try to go straight, although you will not be able to do so. Act, and the best of your actions is the prayer. And only a mumin is constant in his Wudu.""

Things Which Do Not Break Wudu (As Reported in the Hadiths)

1. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad Ibn 'Umara fro, Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim that the mother of the son of Ibrahim Ibn Abd ar-Rahman Ibn Awful questioned Umm Salama, the wife of the prophet, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "I am a woman who wears a long skirt and (sometimes) I walk in dirty places." Umm Salama replied, "The Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant hK peace, said 'What follows (I.e., clean places) purifies it'.""

2. Yahya related to me from Malik that he saw Rabi'a Ibn Abd ar-Rahman vomit several times she. He was in the mosque and he did not leave, nor did he do Wudu before he prayed. 

Yahya said that Malik was asked whether a man who vomited food had to do Wudu before he prayed and he said, "He does not have to do Wudu, but he should rinse the inside of his mouth and wash his mouth out."

3. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi' that Abdullah Ibn Umaru prepared the body of one of Sa'id Ibn Zayd's sons for burial and carried it and then entered the mosque and prayed without doing Wudu.

Yahya said that Malik was asked whether it was necessary to do Wudu because of regurgitating undigested food and he said, "No, Wudu is not necessary, but the mouth should be rinsed."

The Wudu of a man who has been Asleep when he Gets Up to Pray (As Reported in Hadiths)

Here are a few hadiths about things to keep in mind - and what to do - when you want to perform Wudu when you get up to pray. This applies to anytime of the day (subh, and other times of the day). I believe they will help someone out there! Many of us just get to performing Wudu after we wake up, and I'm also guilty of this sometimes, but there are things we should do before we begin to perform Wudu. So, for you; yes, you! The confused one! This one is for you...:

1. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from Al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When you wake up from sleep to pray, wash your hands before you put them in the Wudu water, for you do not know where your hands have spent the night.""

2. "Yahya said that Malik said, "The situation with us is that one does not have to do Wudu for a nose-bleed, or for blood, or for pus issuing from the body. Only only has to do Wudu for impurities shock issue from the genitals or the anus or for sleep"

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi' that Ibn U at used to sleep sitting and then would pray without doing Wudu.

How To Do Wudhu (As Reported in the Hadiths)

Let's get to it right away!

1. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Amr Ibn Yahya al-Mazini that his father once asked Abdullah Ibn Zayd Ibn Asim, who was the grandfather of Amr Ibn Yahya al-Mazini and one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, if he could show him how the Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, did Wudu. Abdullah Ibn Zayd Ibn Asim agreed to do so and asked for water to do Wudu. He poured some out onto his hand and washed each hand twice, and then rinsed his mouth and snuffed water up his nose and blew it out three times. Then he washed his gave three times and both of his arms ip to the elbow twice. He then wiped his head with both hands, taking his hands from his forehead to the nape of his neck, and then bringing them back to where he had begun. Then he washed his feet."

2. "Yahya said that he heard Malik say hat there was no harm in washing the mouth and cleaning the nose with only one handful of water."

3. "Yahya said that Malik was asked what a man should do if, when he did Wudu he forgot and washed his face before he had rinsed his mouth, or washed his forearms before he had washed his face. He said, "If someone washes his face before washing his mouth, he should rinse his mouth and wash his face again. If someone washes his forearms before his face, however, he should wash his forearms again so that he has washed them after his face. This is if he is still near the place (of Wudu).""

4. "Yahya said that Malik was asked about what a man should do if he had forgotten to rinse his mouth and nose until he had prayed, and be said, "He does not have to repeat the prayer, but should rinse his mouth and nose if he wishes to do any more prayers after that.""

If you want to know more about performing Wudu, read my post on performing Wudu! More hadiths will come in the next posts!

Hadiths about the Prohibition of Entering the Mosque smelling of Garlic and Prohibition against covering the mouth in Prayer.

The first part of this post - people going to the mosque with disgusting smells - is something I've experienced myself. I went to the mosque to pray in congregation, and a guy came in and stood beside me. And throughout the prayer, I couldn't focus because he was STINKING! He had the smell of fish on him, and it distracted me! I couldn't focus!

I think it's wrong for people to go to mosques - even if they're not going to pray in congregation - stinking! It's very unfair to the other people who are there to pray! Even if you have to work with things that stink, e.g., fish, garlic and whatever, I think people in those situations should have a change of clothes before going to the mosque! Anyways, here is the hadith I found on this topic:

1. "Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Sa'id Ibn al-Musayyab hat the messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, said "Anyone who eats this plant should not come near our mosques. The smell of the garlic will offend us."" - Al-Muwatta (Imam Malik).

With this single point of mine, I hope I have convinced all those who go to mosques smelling that they should rid themselves of the smell before they enter the mosque! Thank you! 

Islam 312: Plunging While Fasting?

Again, I've been researching (most of the things you'll see up here are things I've read about (things I want to know more about) because I'm working towards gaining more knowledge about Islam (I'm a convert... Yay for me! :D. Lol!). So I opened this blog as a kind of journal, but I'm sharing it with you all out there (both converts and people who have been Muslims for years or decades), there's something for everyone to learn!). Well, my research was about plunging while fasting... I noticed that some people have questions about it, and so I decided to make this post:

1- If a saim had plunged his head into water while his body was out, what is the ruling of his sawm? 

A: It is haram for saim to do this and his sawm would be invalidated according to the obligatory precaution.

2- If he introduced his head into water gradually until the entire head was in the water, was the strict meaning of plunging be applied here? A: After the entire head was under the water, it will be counted as plunging. 3- If he plunged the right side of his head into water and then got it out to plunge the left side, would this act invalidate the sawm? A: There is no objection to it and the ruling of plunging would not be applied here.

4. A fasting person was unaware that he was in the state of janabah [major ritual impurity - caused by discharged semen] until the time of the afternoon prayers. He then performed the major ablution via submerging the whole body in water [ghusl al-irtimasi]. Does this invalidate his fast? And if he realizes what he has done only after performing ghusl al-irtimasi, does he have to perform the qada of the fast? A: If one performs ghusl al-irtimasi out of forgetfulness or unintentionally (to the fact that he is fasting), then both his fast and the major ablution [ghusl] are valid; thus, he does not have to perform qada of the fast.

5. What rule applies to someone who immerses himself in water wearing waterproof clothing such as a diving suit which does not allow the body to become wet? 

A: If the clothing has close contact with his head, there is a problem in his fast being valid. Hence, as an obligatory precaution he should perform its qada.

6- What are the boundaries of the head in the issue of plunging? 

A: What is meant by the head, plunging of which while fasting is haram, is the entire head till the neck.

7- If one plunges the upper part of his head down to the ears, would this harm the correctness of his sawm?

A: Unless the entire head is plunged into the water, the sawm would not be harmed.

8- If a saim had plunged his head into water sparing his hair, what is the ruling of his sawm? 

A: Plunging by sparing just the hair is considered haram and would invalidate fasting.

9- Plunging the head in adulterated water [mudaf], would it validate the sawm? 

A: There is no objection in plunging the head in mudaf liquid. However, it is according to precaution to avoid plunging of the head in rose-water (maul-ward).

10- If a saim had smeared his head with a substance that would prevent water reaching it and then plunged it into water, then what is the ruling about his sawm? 

A: The standard is the actual plunging of the head into water even if one had smeared it with such a substance. 11- If one had plunged while he was putting his head in a bottle, then what is the ruling of his sawm? 

A: If this was in such a way that it would not be applied correctly to the plunging of the head i.e. he put his head into a bottle and then plunged the bottle into the water, it would not harm his sawm.

12- If a saim had jumped into a water imagining that he would not plunge but plunging occurred, then what is the ruling? 

A: If the water was not of the kind that which usually necessitates plunging or he was not aware that it would necessitate it, it would not harm the correctness of his sawm, but he is obliged to get his head out of the water immediately.

13- If a saim was in state of janabah and he could not perform his ghusl but by plunging, then what could he do? A: If he could not perform sequential ghusl (tartibi) his duty will be diverted to tayammum and he is not allowed, as per obligatory precaution, to plunge into water for ghusl.

14- If a saim had plunged into water for ghusl, then what is the ruling if?a) The sawm was mustahabb or a wajib [obligatory] but unspecified for a certain time. 

b) The sawm was wajib but specified for certain time. 

A: In a mustahabb and unspecified wajib sawm, his ghusl is correct but the sawm would be invalidated. While in a specified wajib sawm if it was a sawm of the month of Ramadan, both ghusl and sawm would be invalidated unless he repented after plunging and then intended to do ghusl even at the time he was getting out of the water, then his ghusl will be correct even though that his sawm had been invalidated by the plunging.

(www.alhassanain.com)

Islam 312: Is It Okay To Masturbate While Fasting?

I understand that some people have questions about this, so I went on the Internet and did some research about it. Here's what I found (and for those who are addicted to masturbation, you won't like this, but it's what's best for you! Moreover, masturbation is a grave sin! I pray that you find the will to stop it. Everything is possible if you BELIEVE!):

1. About seven years ago I intentionally invalidated my fast for several days during the month of Ramadan by masturbating. However, I do not know for sure how many days of fasting I violated in this way during the course of three Ramadans. I do not think they were less than 25 to 30 days. What is my obligation and the kaffarah that I should make? 

A: Invalidating a day''s fast in the blessed month of Ramadan by masturbating, which is prohibited by Islamic law, requires one kind of kaffarah:

(1)fasting for sixty days; or (2)feeding sixty poor persons, although it is a recommended precaution to observe both of the two. As far as feeding sixty persons is concerned, you can give each of them one mudd (750 grams) of food for each day missed. Giving money is not a substitute unless it is given to a poor person to buy food on your behalf; thus, his acceptance to buy the food for himself is considered as kaffarah. Determining the price of the food given as kaffarah depends on the kind of food you choose to give, either in the shape of wheat, rice, or any other kind of food. As for the number of fasts you invalidated by masturbating, you are allowed in performing its qada and giving kaffarah to consider the number of days that you are certain about.

2. A person bound by religious obligation [mukallaf], knowing that masturbation does invalidate the fast, and does masturbate; does he have to offer the two-fold kaffarah? What is the rule if he does it without knowing that masturbation invalidates the fast? 

A: In both cases he must offer just one kind of kaffarah, if he masturbates intentionally, although it is a recommended precaution to observe the two fold kaffarah.

3. I had an emission of semen during the blessed month of Ramadan for no reason other than excitement that I felt during a telephone conversation with a non-mahram woman. If the phone conversation was not for the purpose of pleasure, was my fast invalid? And if it was, do I have to pay kaffarah as well? 

A: If it was not a previous habit of yours to have an emission of semen while conversing with a woman, and the phone conversation was not intended for pleasure and the emission was involuntary, then your fast is valid, and you are not liable to anything.

4. A person had the habit of masturbating for a number of years while fasting in the month of Ramadan and at other times. What is the rule regarding his prayers and fasts? 

A: Masturbation is absolutely prohibited, and when it leads to ejaculation it causes one to become in the state of major impurity [junub]. If this done during fasting, it amounts to breaking the fast by unlawful means. If one performs prayers and fasts in the state of major impurity [janabah], without performing major ablution [ghusl] or dry ablution [tayammum], his prayers and fasting are void and he must make them up [do their qada].

5. Someone at the beginning of legal maturity [bulugh] fasts during the month of Ramadan, and masturbates while fasting, continuing in fasting for some days without knowing that fasting requires a state of purity [taharah], that is not being in the state of major impurity [janabah]. Is it sufficient for him to perform qada of the fasts of those days, or some other rule applies to him? 

A: In the light of the question, he has to perform both qada and kaffarah.

6. If someone who is fasting looks at a sexually arousing scene during the month of Ramadan, does it void his fast? 

A: If he looks with the purpose of having an orgasm, or if he knows that it will cause him to become in the state of major impurity [junub], and it had been his habit before, and still he views it intentionally and becomes junub, then the rule that applies to him is the one that applies to someone who makes himself junub intentionally.

(alhassanain.com)

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I happened to had masturbated while I was fasting during ramadan. Then I read in one of islamic question/answer column in a newspaper that the act of masturbation invalidate the fasting but no "kaffara" is required i.e. freeing a slave or fasting for 60 days. Is this true?

The other question is that at that time I did not know that kaffara is not required so I ate (I though my fasting is invalid so I ate). does this will make me do the kaffara or not. JazakaAllah for the response.

Praise be to Allaah.

No doubt masturbation is haraam according to most of the scholars, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said. If this happened in Ramadaan, this is worse, and if there was ejaculation of sperm because of the masturbation, the violation of the sanctity of the fast is even more severe in sin. From the time the maniy (semen) is ejaculated, the fast is broken, but the person should still fast for the rest of that day. It is not permissible for him to stop fasting, because of the sanctity of the month. You have to repent for breaking your fast by deliberately ejaculating, and you also have to repent for not keeping the fast for the rest of the day and for violating the sanctity of the fast by doing something else that broke the fast, namely eating food. You also have to fast one day to make up for breaking your fast. Increase the number of good deeds (hasanaat) you do and observe naafil (supererogatory) fasts, for good deeds (hasanaat) cancel out bad deeds (sayi’aat). And Allaah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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Sister masturbated whilst fasting

Question: When I was 14 and 15 years old I used to masturbate during the day in the Blessed month of Ramadhaan for a number of days. I don't know how many. I was ignorant about this being haraam in Ramadhaan and other than it and I used to be ignorant as to this being known as masturbation. So, I used to make ablution and pray without making the ritual purification (ghusl). What is the ruling regarding my prayers and fasts? Is it obligatory for me to repeat the prayer and fast, knowing that I don't know how many days to do this. What is obligatory for me?

Response: Firstly: it is impermissible (haraam) to masturbate (i.e. using one's hand in such a manner as to satisfy one's desire, resulting in the excrement of sperm, or for sisters, as in this case, any discharge). During the month of Ramadhaan is even more so!;

Secondly: It is obligatory upon you to make up the days you broke your fast due to masturbating, because this (action) nullifies the fast. Also, strive hard to work out how many days it was that you broke your fast;

Thirdly: It is obligatory to make expiation by feeding a needy person half a saa' of barley or that which is similar to it from that which is the accepted norm in the land. This is also for each day you missed if you delay your fast until the arrival of the next Ramadhaan;

Fourthly: It is obligatory to make perform ghusl if you masturbated as you have stated, and it is not sufficient to make ablution if any liquid was excreted;

Fifthly: It is obligatory to make up the prayers which you prayed without performing ghusl because the minor purification does not suffice in place of the major purification.

And with Allaah lies all the success, and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet Muhammad (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.

(www.fatwa-online.com)