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Wudu & Purity

Wudu, ghusl, what breaks your wudu, and staying clean for prayer in everyday life. Short, honest answers for new Muslims.

What are the obligatory parts of wudu?

The obligatory parts of wudu are washing the face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head and washing the feet, plus what each school adds.

To make wudu, intend it, say Bismillah, wash hands, mouth, nose, face and arms, wipe head and ears, then wash your feet. A simple step-by-step guide.

Semen is najis in the Hanafi and Maliki schools but pure for Shafi'is and Hanbalis. Either way, wash it off, and ejaculation still requires ghusl.

If urine touches your clothes, wash that spot with water before you pray. A normal washing machine cycle works, and doubt doesn't make it impure.

It depends: cuts, nosebleeds and blood tests don't break your fast, but periods do. Cupping and blood donation views across the four schools.

No, a wet dream does not break your fast because it happens in your sleep. Take a ghusl before your next prayer and keep fasting as normal.

Yes, you need ghusl after a wet dream if you find sexual fluid, and this applies to women too. No fluid, no ghusl, and a wet dream is never a sin.

Tayammum is dry purification with clean earth when water is missing or harmful: strike the ground, blow, wipe your face and hands. Steps and views.

Ghusl is required after intercourse, ejaculation, a wet dream with fluid, and the end of a period or postpartum bleeding. Friday and Eid are sunnah.

Ghusl is the full ritual bath: make the intention and wash your whole body. Here's the minimum, the sunnah steps and what women do with braids.

Yes, deep sleep breaks wudu, but light dozing while seated usually doesn't. Here's how the four schools draw the line, with everyday cases.

Does bleeding break wudu? Hanafis say flowing blood does, Shafi'is and Malikis say a cut doesn't, and Hanbalis say only a large amount does.