Wudu
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How does one perform istinshaq (sniffing water into the nose) during wudu (ablution) and ghusl (ritual bath), and is it obligatory to make the water reach the upper part of the nose or is it sufficient for it to reach the middle? How is this done during fasting and when the nose is blocked?
Should a person who is in their final moments in the bathroom recite the Two Testimonies, and is the Basmalah for Wudu invalidated in the bathroom?
What is the interpretation of the persistence of lustful feelings during ablution and prayer, and does that affect the validity of ablution and prayer, and how can one make up for the Ramadan fast with this condition?
What is the ruling regarding the prayers I performed before knowing that the emission of prostatic fluid (wadi) invalidates ablution, and what is the ruling if its emission was involuntary? And what is the ruling regarding the use of two inner garments, one for prayer and the other for home and sleep?
Is liquid Vaseline oil and other oils applied to the body and hair considered a barrier preventing the water of ablution from reaching the skin, due to the sensation of something solid upon contact with water, or are these merely whispers (waswas)? If they are a barrier, what hair oil is not an insulator against water? And does Fairy dish soap contain alcohol, and what type of soap does not raise suspicions about containing alcohol?
How many are the obligatory acts of ablution (wudu')?
How can a woman verify the descent of one or two drops of urine after performing istinja’ and wudu’, especially if she smells the odor of urine on her underwear, which is wet from the water used for istinja’? Is this a whisper (waswas) or a reality?
Is the water that comes out of the penis considered impure and does it invalidate ablution if it enters the penis during Istinja'? And is it better to sprinkle water on the private parts after Istinja'?
How can the revelation of the Qur’an in seven forms be reconciled with the existence of ten currently authentic readings? What is the origin of the additional and anomalous readings? And how can the verse of ablution (wudu’) accommodate two readings (with nasb and with kasr), which result in two different legal rulings, one of which contradicts the action of the Messenger, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him?
Is it necessary to perform all the Sunnah acts of ablution if a Muslim performs only some of them, and does ablution become void by omitting some of the Sunnah acts after performing others?
Is it necessary to repeat ablution if urine is passed while showering with warm water?
Is it necessary to perform ablution every time the container connected to the abdomen and filled with urine is emptied?
Does the descent of some water that was used to wash the anus after ablution invalidate it?
Are the prayers I performed previously, believing that touching the penis does not invalidate ablution based on a jurisprudential opinion, valid, or must they be repeated? And how can I do that given the impossibility of determining their number or times?
Does swimming suffice for ablution when the time for prayer begins?
Is it obligatory to repeat the prayer if a white mucous substance is found after Asr prayer, without having felt its discharge during the prayer time?
Is it sufficient, when wiping the head for ablution, to wipe from the front to the back without returning, or is it necessary to return from the back to the front for the ablution to be valid? Do all schools of thought stipulate this? And how is it possible to return with the same water from the back to the front and wipe the ears with it, even though the water becomes used? And does Sheikh Ibn Baz’s statement that the purpose of wiping back and forth is to wipe all parts of the hair mean that the ablution of one who only wipes the front is invalid?
Is it necessary to refrain from shaking water off the hands after ablution?
Must one repeat ablution and prayer if one feels something descend during them, then finds discharge after the prayer, knowing that it might be madhy due to sexual thoughts?
What is the wisdom behind invalidating ablution (wudu') upon eating camel meat, behind the obligation of both ghusl (ritual bath) and wudu' upon washing a deceased person, and behind making wudu' obligatory for one who follows a funeral procession?
Does an erection without the emission of prostatic fluid (madhy) or any other fluid invalidate ablution (wudu'), and does it nullify the prayer if it occurs during it?
What are the instances in which it is permissible to perform wudu once for each limb?
Does washing the hands up to the elbows in wudu include washing the palms?
Does touching a girl invalidate ablution and fasting?