Shaafi’ Wudhu Masaail (17)

4.2. Washing Both Hands

1. It is sunnat to wash both hands till the wrists three times.
2. If one has a doubt about the tahaarat of one’s hands and one is making wudhu from a dish whose quantity of water is less than qullatain, then it is sunnat to wash both hands before submerging the hands in the water.

Note: Qullatain is approximately 193 litres of water. This fills a bathtub of approximately 150cm x 50cm or 80.2cm x 80.2cm with a depth of 30 centimetres.

3. It is makrooh to submerge one’s hands into such a dish or tub of water which is less than qullatain when there is doubt about the hand’s tahaarat.
4. There is no karaahat, however, if one is certain of the hands being taahir (pure and clean from najaasat).
5. Even if one is certain that one’s hands are taahir, then too, it is sunnat to wash the hands first.
6. It is not permissible to submerge one’s hands in the dish when one is certain of the hand or both hands being najis (impure).
7. If the water is katheer (plenty), that is, it is qullatain or more in volume, then there is no karaahat in submerging one’s hands in the water.

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