What is mustahabb (recommended) to be
done during wudoo’? What should one say afterwards?
Praise be to Allaah.
The correct procedure for wudoo’ is: a person should pour water
from the vessel onto his hands three times, then put his right hand into the vessel and
rinse his mouth and nose three times, then wash his face three times, then wash his arm up
to the elbow three times, then wipe his head and ears once, then wash his feet up to the
ankles three times. If he washes everything twice, or once, this is sufficient. Then after
doing wudoo’ he should say: “Ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa-Allaah wahdahu laa
shareeka lah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasooluh. Allaahumma-j’alni
min al-tawwaabeen waj’alni min al-mutatahhireen (I bear witness that there is no
god but Allaah Alone, with no partner or associate, and I bear witness that Muhammad is
His slave and Messenger. O Allaah, make me one of those who repent and make me one of
those who are purify themselves).”
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/231.
Before doing wudoo’, one should say Bismillah,
because of the hadeeth: “There is no wudoo’ for the one who does not mention the
name of Allaah when he starts.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 56)
