Is it obligatory to wash the hands with soap to remove the residue of oil after combing the hair, washing the face, or eating, or is wiping or washing with water alone sufficient? And is what the questioner feels among the traces of oil that are pardoned?
Washing the hands with soap is not obligatory; water alone suffices for ablution (wudu’). This question is a continuation of the obsessive doubts (waswasa) that the questioner is experiencing.
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