Does washing a limb more than the prescribed number of times – in order to ensure water reaches it and to clean it – invalidate the ablution?
Wudu' is not invalidated by washing a limb more than once to ensure water reaches it, and it is sufficient to have a strong presumption that the water has reached. It is not prescribed to exceed three washes if one is certain or has a strong presumption that the water has reached.
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