Lesson
# 598 From Holy Qur’aan
Ablution,
Bathing and Tayammum
Surah Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)
Verse
– 6 of 120, Section – 2 of 16 (Part – 6)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer,
wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads
and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, then purify
yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the
closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to
clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allaah
doth not wish to place a burden on you, but He wishes to purify you and would
perfect His Grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
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Yaaa-‘ayyu-hallaziina ‘aamanuuu
‘izaa qumtum ‘ilas-Salaati fag-siluu
wujuu-ha-kum wa ‘ay-diyakum
‘ilal-maraafiqi wam-sahuu bi-ru-‘uusikum wa ‘arju-lakum ‘ilal-ka’-bayn. Wa
‘in- kuntum junuban-
fat-tahharuu. Wa ‘in- kuntum
marzaaa ‘aw ‘alaa
safarin ‘aw jaaa-‘a
‘ahadum-minkum-minal-gaaa-‘iti
aw laamas-tumunnisaaa-‘a falam
tajiduu maaa-‘an- fata-yam-mamuu sa-‘iidan
tayyi-ban- fam-sahuu bi-wujuuhikum wa
‘ay-diikum-minh. Maa yurii-dUllaahu liyaj-‘ala
‘alay-kum-min harajinw-wa laa-kiny-yuriidu liyu-tahhi-rakum wa
liyu-timma ni’-matahuu ‘alaykum
la-‘allakum tashkuruun.
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Lesson
Wam-sahuu – (and rub lightly), it is from masah, which means ‘to touch anything
with hand, to caress hand on something’.
‘Al-ka’-bayn – (the ankles), it is plural of ka’-b, Ka’-b means a thing, which is risen or grown and seems separate
from its surrounding. Here it aims ‘the excited parts of the foot from both
sides, which are called ankles’.
Junuban – (unclean), it is from janaabat, which means ‘such condition of the body, when taking a
bath becomes incumbent’.
Gaaa-‘iti – (the closet, the descent place), usually human
being goes to the privy at any abyss or deep place. Therefore, gaaa-‘iti means
a latrine.
Laamas-tum – it is from laamsah, which has been derived from lamas. It means ‘to touch, to meddle with someone’. Here it aims “to copulate”.
Laamas-tum – it is from laamsah, which has been derived from lamas. It means ‘to touch, to meddle with someone’. Here it aims “to copulate”.
The Muslims were ordered in the beginning
of this chapter (Surah) that they
should fulfill all the duties and obey the commands of Allaah Almighty. Then it was told that all
good things have been made lawful for them. They can use them pleasantly. Likewise,
they should marry the women and enjoy the pleasures of the world, remaining in
the prescribed limits of Allaah
Almighty. But they were warned at the end that remaining entangled every time
in the pleasures of the world, drives away the humankind from the spiritual
pleasures and makes the light of Belief foggy. Therefore, they should keep the
prayer up, presenting themselves in the court of Allaah Almighty, at prescribed times, so that their faith may
remain fresh and they may be saved from the loss in the Hereafter.
But the lawful
pleasures too do not spare the human being to be able even to be present in the
prayer straight forward. Therefore, before offering the
prayer, they should purify themselves. If there is no need to take a bath, then
they can do ablution only. That is to say; they should wash their hands first
including wrist,
then rinse the mouth and clean the teeth thoroughly, after that ;clean the nose
and pour the water into it, then wash entire face with water and both arms up
to elbows, and rub their head lightly as turning over their hands duly freshly wetted,
and at the end wash their feet up to the ankles.
Then it has been described that if
bathing is incumbent, then only ablution is not sufficient for prayer at that
time. But it is compulsory to wash entire body thoroughly with water. Three acts
are necessary while taking bath:
1. Rinsing the mouth and pouring the water up to the
throat.
2. Cleaning the nose and causing to arrive the water
up to the soft bone.
3. Washing the human’s entire body thoroughly with
water.
As it has been discussed earlier
that, ablution is mandatory before offering the prayer, but use of water harms
often to the sick, and sometime it cannot be availed during journey and that,
which is available, is necessary to be kept for drinking purpose. In such
conditions, if the time of any prayer begins, then what should we do? In this
verse, it has been clarified that in such situation, you should do Tayammum.
After intending to acquire
pureness, palms of both hands should be spread and kept on pure earth. Then arise
both hands and turn them over the face fully. Put both hands again on the earth
and after arising them, left hand palm should be turned over the right hand
from fingers up to elbow, and palm of right hand – on the left hand from
fingers to elbow thoroughly. That’s all, the Tayammum has been completed and now you can worship and offer
prayer.
Due to eating and drinking, a human
being needs to go to closet (latrine) and sometimes gas etc. exhausts from its
stomach. These are called little impureness. Ablution is necessary in these
conditions. Then ablution is broken when either anyone cause of the above happens
or some blood flows from any part of the body or someone has slept for a while.
Besides this, there is another big impureness, for which ablution is not
sufficient to be pure, but bathing becomes incumbent. If there is need of ablution
and taking bath (both), but use of water is impossible, then Tayammum is sufficient for the both.
Allaah Almighty has not placed any burden in the
religion for us, but He has eased for every trouble. So thank Him and obey His
orders.
Transliterated
Holy Qur’an in Roman Script &
Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke
Pickthall, Published by Paak Company,
17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson
collected from Dars e Qur’an
published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh,
Lahore (translated Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif)
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