QUESTION: I heard that wet feet and head prior to wudu invalidates our wudu. Is this correct? If so, is the ruling same with the wudu we take during ghusl?

Ablution (Wudhu), Innovations
01 May

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!

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QUESTION: I applied henna mixed with lemon juice and sugar on nails.everything was natural. But I saw portions scrapped off from my nails. Whether My ghusl and wudu are valid.i only used natural ingredients and I heard it’s permissible to use organic mixtures with henna

Ablution (Wudhu), Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry
25 Apr

ANSWER: Maybe some dye was mixed in the henna powder that formed a layer. Wudu is not valid if the layer is formed as this would block water from reaching the skin.

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QUESTION: I broke wudu and do not remember after or before asr and magrib. Should I repeat these two prayers?

Ablution (Wudhu)
15 Apr

ANSWER: If you broke your wudhu and performed prayers without wudhu, you must repeat the prayers that you had offered them without wudhu 

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QUESTION: I have cold allergy. When I wipe over my head, especially when the water reaches the skull in cold season or the water is cold, I catch cold. What should I do? Should I use less water? Or else?

Ablution (Wudhu)
04 Apr

ANSWER: The sunnah in Wudhu is to wipe your head, not wash it! Therefore you wet your hands and wipe over your head. The water can’t and must not reach your scalp!

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QUESTION: For individuals who experience continuous gas problems, do they need to perform wudu for every prayer, including Fajr after having already performed wudu for Tahajjud, and also for taraweeh prayer while already did wudu for isha? Please reply I am confused.

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer
15 Feb

ANSWER: 1. Yes, they must renew their wudu for fajr if they broke their wudu 2. No need to renew the wudu for taraweeh

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QUESTION: Whoever who makes perfect wudu and then says the dua will go to Jannah, is it sufficient if I wash everything once or do I have to wash everything in wudu 3 times?

Ablution (Wudhu), Paradise and Hell, Supplications
15 Feb

ANSWER: Perfect wudhu means that you have to wash it 3 times.

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QUESTION: As a woman my hair is not as short as a man’s, so during wudu am I supposed to add a lot of water to make sure the entire scalp is wet or is wiping the top sufficient?

Ablution (Wudhu)
05 Feb

ANSWER: No one washes their hair in wudhu! We simply wipe over the head and not wash it or make the water reach the scalp! This is an innovation.

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QUESTION: The hadith that talks about making Wudu’ before bed, what if I do my wudu for isha salat and hold the Wudu’ for the rest of the time till I go to sleep like 3-4 hours is it okay and comes under the hadith or do I need to do Wudu’ right before going to bed?

Ablution (Wudhu), Supplications
29 Jan

ANSWER: As long as you didn’t break your wudu, this is sufficient, you don’t need to renew it

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QUESTION: If someone is doing tawaf on wheelchair and is so sleepy during tawaf he suddenly, dozed off for few seconds and felt as if he had passed a wind, but he wasn’t sure he thought he had a dream for a second in which he passed wind when he dozed off briefly. He is still not sure either he passed it or not. Does his tawaf during Umrah valid?

Ablution (Wudhu), Hajj and Umrah
15 Jan

ANSWER: This has no impact on the Umrah  The most authentic opinion is that you don’t require wudu to do tawaf and sa’ee

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QUESTION: At wrestling training I have to pray with some brothers. So I go take wudu. Can I wipe over my wrestling shoes because it takes a bit long (5min) to put them off. Or should I wipe over socks

Ablution (Wudhu)
23 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in wiping over your shoes as long as you wore them in the state of wudu and they cover your whole foot including the ankles.

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