Wiping the neck during wudhoo and washing more than three times

Wiping the neck during wudhoo and washing more than three times

Reference: Question via telephone – al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu p637

Question: What is the ruling regarding wiping the neck during wudhoo and washing the [required] parts [of the body] for wudhoo more than three times?

Response: Wiping the neck during wudhoo is an innovation and washing the [required] parts [of the body] for the wudhoo more than three times is an unnecessary extravagance (waste).


Translation originally published on 4 May, 2000

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004.

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