Allaah
ta'ala says: O
Ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer,
wash your faces, and your hands (and arms)
to the elbows; rub your heads (with water);
and (wash) your feet to the ankles
[soorat-ul-Maa'idah,
5:7]
1. Abu Hurairah (radhiAllaahu'anhu) said:
Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam)
said: The Prayer of anyone of you
breaching purification is not accepted
unless he makes wudoo. [Al-Bukhaaree,
(Fath ul-Baaree, 1/206), Muslim (no.225)
and others].
2. Ibn 'Umar (radhiAllaahu 'anhumaa)
said: Indeed I heard Rasoolullah
(sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) say:
Allaah does not accept Prayer without
purification, nor Sadaqah from illegally
attained wealth. [Muslim (1/160)
and others].
3. Ibn 'Abbaas (radhiAllaahu 'anhumaa)
said: Rasolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said: Verily I have been
ordered to make wudoo when I stand for
Prayer. [Saheeh. Reported by Abu
Dawood (no.3760); at-Tirmidhee (no.1848),
and he declared it to be 'hasan-saheeh':
an-Nasaa.ee (1/73). And Shaikh al-Albaanee
declares it to be 'saheeh' ('Saheeh ul-Jaami',
no.2333)].
4. Abu Sa'eed (radhiAllaahu 'anhu)
said: Rasoolullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) said: The key to Prayer
is purification, its 'tahreem'-[1]
is the takbeer and its 'tahleel'-[2]
is the giving salaam. [Reported by
Abu Dawood (no.60); at-Tirmidhee (no.3);
Ibn Maajah (no.275) and others. Declared
as 'saheeh' by Shaikh al-Albaanee: ('Saheeh
ul-Jaami', no.5761)].
