Number of Times to Wash
Washing Each Body-Part Once
Ibn ‘Abbaas (radhiAllaahu ‘anhu) said:
Rasoolullah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) made wudoo (washing each part) once.
Washing Each Body-Part Twice
‘Abdullaah ibn Zaid narrates that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) made wudoo (washing each part) twice.
Washing Each Body-Part Twice
In the hadeeth of’Uthmaan (radhiAllaahu ‘anhu) recorded by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim,
he (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) washed each of the parts three times.
So from these ahaadeeth it becomes clear to us that, as is well-known to the large majority of scholars, washing each body-part once is obligatory – and the second and third washings are Sunnah – and it is better to do likewise following the Sunnah of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)
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