Al-Ma'idah 5:6 يا ايها الذين امنوا اذا قمتم الى الصلاة فاغسلوا وجوهكم وايديكم الى المرافق وامسحوا برءوسكم وارجلكم الى الكعبين وان كنتم جنبا فاطهروا وان كنتم مرضى او على سفر او جاء احد منكم من الغايط او لامستم النساء فلم تجدوا ماء فتيمموا صعيدا طيبا فامسحوا بوجوهكم وايديكم منه ما يريد الله ليجعل عليكم من حرج ولاكن يريد ليطهركم وليتم نعمته عليكم لعلكم تشكرون ٦
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوٓاْ
إِذَا
قُمۡتُمۡ
إِلَى
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
فَٱغۡسِلُواْ
وُجُوهَكُمۡ
وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡ
إِلَى
ٱلۡمَرَافِقِ
وَٱمۡسَحُواْ
بِرُءُوسِكُمۡ
وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡ
إِلَى
ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚ
وَإِن
كُنتُمۡ
جُنُبٗا
فَٱطَّهَّرُواْۚ
وَإِن
كُنتُم
مَّرۡضَىٰٓ
أَوۡ
عَلَىٰ
سَفَرٍ
أَوۡ
جَآءَ
أَحَدٞ
مِّنكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡغَآئِطِ
أَوۡ
لَٰمَسۡتُمُ
ٱلنِّسَآءَ
فَلَمۡ
تَجِدُواْ
مَآءٗ
فَتَيَمَّمُواْ
صَعِيدٗا
طَيِّبٗا
فَٱمۡسَحُواْ
بِوُجُوهِكُمۡ
وَأَيۡدِيكُم
مِّنۡهُۚ
مَا
يُرِيدُ
ٱللَّهُ
لِيَجۡعَلَ
عَلَيۡكُم
مِّنۡ
حَرَجٖ
وَلَٰكِن
يُرِيدُ
لِيُطَهِّرَكُمۡ
وَلِيُتِمَّ
نِعۡمَتَهُۥ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
تَشۡكُرُونَ
٦
Believers! When you stand up for Prayer wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles.1 And if you are in the state of ritual impurity, purify yourselves (by taking a bath).2 But if you are either ill, travelling, have satisfied a want of nature or have had contact with women and find no water then have recourse to clean earth and wipe your faces and your hands therewith.3 Allah does not want to lay any hardship upon you; rather He wants to purify you and complete His favours upon you4 so that you may give thanks.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Order to Perform Wudu
Allah said,
إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلوةِ
(When you stand for (intend to offer) the Salah,) Allah commanded performing Wudu' for the prayer. This is a command of obligation in the case of impurity, and in the case of purity, it is merely a recommendation. It was said that in
…The Order to Perform Wudu
Allah said,
إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلوةِ
(When you stand for (intend to offer) the Salah,) Allah commanded performing Wudu' f
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