If One is Following the Hanafi School in Purification and Shafi’i for Everything Else, Would this Include Wudu and Ghusl?
Shafi'i Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
If One is Following the Hanafi School in Purification and Shafi’i for Everything Else, Would this Include Wudu and Ghusl?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
If you are taking a dispensation of the Shaf’i school, it will obligate you to follow the rulings pertaining to wudu, ghusl, istinja, and purification, too, whenever you follow the dispensation.
The reason is that these two issues of purification and prayer are connected. So,
If you take a Shafi’i dispensation for prayer, it will obligate you to follow Shafi’i rulings pertaining to wudu, ghusl, istinja, and purification, too, whenever you follow the dispensation for the prayer.
[Shurunbulali, Al-‘Iqd al-Farid Li Bayan al-Rajih Min al-Khilaf Fi Jawaz al-Taqlid]
Is the Area Under the Chin from the Nakedness of a Woman?
Read Shaykh Faraz’s detailed answer below.
Wiping the Ears
There are indeed only four integral actions (arkan) of wudu. Washing the mouth and nose and wiping the ears are confirmed sunna (sunna mu’akkada). Leaving a confirmed sunna does not affect the validity of wudu. See the link below.
I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. You will receive guidance and direction in sha Allah.
Related
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- Is the Area under the Chin from the Nakedness of a Woman? (seekersguidance.org)
- Is This Considered Talfiq in One Case or Two Cases? – SeekersGuidance
- What Is Talfiq, and How Does One Determine an Act When Combining Two Schools? (seekersguidance.org)
- Shafi’i Fiqh, #22 | Performing a Basic Wudu’ (Ablution) – YouTube
- Do I Need to Wash My Mouth and Wipe My Ears for a Valid Wudu? – SeekersGuidance
I pray this helps with your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
