Shaafi’ Wudhu Masaail (20)

4.5. Masah of the Whole Head

1. It is sunnat to make masah of the whole head.
2. The sunnat and afzal method of making masah of the head is as follows:

* Place both hands on the forehead with both index fingers touching and the thumbs on their respective sides of the temples.

* Draw the hands over the head right to the back.

* Bring the hands back to the forehead in the same manner, provided that there is that much of hair on the head which can fall frontwards when drawing the hands back.

3. Taking the hands to the back of the head and bringing them back to the forehead is one masah.
4. If the hair is very short and does not fall frontwards when drawing the hands back to the forehead then the return masah is not necessary. In other words, it will suffice in this instance to stop the masah at the back of the head.
5. It is also sunnat to make masah of the locks of hair which go beyond the limits of the head. This applies to females as well as males.

(Al-Mabsoot – To be continued, Insha Allah)