Is it permissible to pour water intermittently on the feet multiple times during ablution, knowing that each scoop of water counts as one wash, and one should not exceed three scoops?
It is disliked to be excessive in using water for ablution (wudu'), and it is disliked to exceed three scoops (ghurafāt). The ablution of one who does so is valid and sufficient. However, if perfecting the ablution (isbagh al-wudu') cannot be achieved except by exceeding three scoops, then it is obligatory to use what achieves that perfection.
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