The word · Worship
وُضوء
Wudu
The washing done before prayer: face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head, and feet to the ankles.
Also written · Wudhu · Wuzu · Wazu · Wodu · Wudoo · Abdest · Ablution · washing for prayer · Wuduu · Wudu steps
The meaning
What Wudu means in Islam
The four acts are named directly in the Qur'an, and the Prophet added rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the hands first, and doing each part three times. Wudu is broken by using the toilet, by passing wind, and by deep sleep; it is not broken by touching an animal or by ordinary dirt. One wudu lasts for as many prayers as you like until something breaks it.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
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Words that sit beside it
- TaharahRitual purity, the state a person must be in before praying and, for most scholars, before touching the Qur'an.طَهارَة
- GhuslThe full washing of the whole body that lifts the major state of ritual impurity.غُسْل
- TayammumPurification with clean earth instead of water, when water is unavailable or would cause harm.تَيَمُّم
- HadathThe ritual state that blocks prayer until it is lifted by wudu or by ghusl.حَدَث
- Masah al-KhuffaynWiping over footwear in wudu instead of washing the feet, once they were put on in purity.المَسْحُ عَلى الخُفَّيْن
More from Worship
- AdhanThe call announcing that a prayer time has entered, given aloud before each obligatory prayer.أَذان
- HawlThe full lunar year that wealth must be held above the nisab before zakat falls due on it.حَوْل
- KaffarahA fixed expiation owed for certain deliberate breaches, heavier than simply making the act up.كَفّارَة
- NiyyahThe intention in the heart that turns an ordinary act into an act of worship.نِيَّة
- SalahThe formal Muslim prayer, performed five times a day at set times, facing Makkah.الصَّلاة
- TahajjudVoluntary prayer in the night, traditionally after sleeping and before dawn.تَهَجُّد