What are the Makruhat (disliked actions) whilst performing wudu?
Published on: March 2, 2018
The Answer;
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
The following are the Makruhat of wudu in accordance to Imam Abu Hanifa(ra);
- Sitting in a dirty place for wudu
- Draining the water used in wudu in a dirty place
- Dripping water droplets from wet wudu limbs into the ewer etc. (While washing the face, drops of water usually fall into water carried in the hands. This should be avoided.)
- Spitting saliva, phlegm or rinsing of the mouth in the direction of the Qiblah
- Using water in excess or using such little water that the Sunnan cannot be fulfilled; instead it should be moderate.
- Splashing water onto the face
- Blowing onto water while pouring over the face
- Washing the face with only one hand
- Wiping the front of the neck
- Rinsing the mouth or sniffing water into the nose using the left hand
- Cleaning the nose with the right hand
- Using three sets of unused waters to moisten the head three times.
- Using hot water heated by sun beams
- Closing the eyes and lips tightly. If these parts remained unwashed due to be kept tightly closed, the Wudu would not be complete. To abandon any Sunnah of Wudu is Makruh and to leave any Makruh of wudu is Sunnah. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, pp. 300-301, vol. 1)
And Allah(swt) alone knows best.
