Wudu is the ritual purification required before prayer. Follow these simple steps to perform it correctly. Swipe or use arrow keys to navigate.
Make the intention in your heart to perform wudu for the sake of purification and prayer. You don't have to say it out loud.
Begin by saying "Bismillah" (In the name of Allah). This is Sunnah and earns you reward.
Wash both hands up to the wrists three times, making sure water reaches between the fingers. And do Khilal [i.e. pass the fingers of one hand through the gaps of the fingers of the other rubbing them together].
Take water in your right hand and rinse your mouth three times, ensuring that the water reach all parts of the mouth (up to the throat) each time. Gargle too, if you are not observing Sawm (Fast).
Sniff water into your nostrils three times using your right hand, then blow it out. Now clean your nose using your left hand (with the tap closed) and insert your smallest finger into your nostrils.
Pour water on every part of your entire face from the top of your forehead, i.e. the hairline, to below your chin and from one earlobe to the other three times.
Wash your right forearm from the tips of your fingers up to and including your elbow three times and wash your left forearm in the same way.
Wet your hands and without using the water elsewhere i.e. for closing the tap or fixingย clothesย etc, wipe over your head once, starting from the front and moving to the back, then return to the front. Excluding the index fingers and thumbs, join the tips of the three fingers of both hands and place them on the skin or hair of the forehead.
Using the same water from wiping your head, use your index fingers to wipe the insides of your ears; your thumbs to wipe the backs of your ears; insert your small fingers into the openings of your ears, and wipe the back of your neck using the backs of the fingers of both hands.
Wash both feet three times, first the right and then the left, beginning from the toes up to the top of the ankles. It is Mustahab to wash feet up to the half shin three times. It is Sunnah to do Khilal of the toes of both feet.
Transliteration: Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh.
Translation: "I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah Almighty. He is alone and He has no partner and I testify that Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is his (Distinguished) Bondman and His Prophet."