Wudu: How to Make Ablution

Learn how to make wudu (ablution) step by step, exactly as the Prophet ﷺ performed it. Every step has a clear illustration and the authentic hadith it comes from, in 13 languages.

This wudu guide teaches the ablution for salah from the Quran and the Sunnah only: 10 illustrated steps, the dua after wudu, and the rulings of wudu with 30 authentic hadith and 4 verses of the Quran.

HOW TO MAKE WUDU, STEP BY STEP
• Step 1: Intention (niyyah) in the heart
• Step 2: Say Bismillah
• Step 3: Wash the hands
• Step 4: Rinse the mouth and nose
• Step 5: Wash the face
• Step 6: Wash the arms up to the elbows, starting with the right
• Step 7: Wipe the head, from front to back and back again
• Step 8: Wipe the ears, inside and outside
• Step 9: Wash the feet up to the ankles, between the toes and the heels
• Step 10: The testimony (shahada) to say after wudu
• A clear drawing for every wudu step
• "Show the hadith" under each step: how 'Uthman and 'Abdullah ibn Zayd described the Prophet's wudu, from Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
• Once, twice or three times: washing each part once or twice is also from the Sunnah

DUA AFTER WUDU
• The words to say after ablution in Arabic, with transliteration and meaning (Sahih Muslim 234)

RULINGS OF WUDU
• Wudu in the Quran (Al-Ma'idah 5:6)
• "Allah loves those who purify themselves" (Al-Baqarah 2:222, At-Tawbah 9:108)
• What breaks wudu: wind, doubt during prayer, sleep, eating camel meat, touching the private part (both reports are shown), madhy
• The virtues of wudu: sins leaving with the water, shining limbs on the Day of Resurrection, wudu before sleep
• Wiping over leather socks (khuffs) and its time limit
• Tayammum when there is no water (An-Nisa 4:43)
• Ghusl: the full bath

AUTHENTIC SOURCES ONLY
Every hadith in this wudu app is from Sahih al-Bukhari or Sahih Muslim, or from Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami' at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i and Sunan Ibn Majah where graded sahih or hasan. Each one is shown in Arabic with its translation, reference and grade. Where scholars differ in how they apply a hadith, the app shows the texts and leaves the ruling to a scholar you trust.

FEATURES
• Works completely offline
• Search the steps, verses and hadith in your language or in Arabic
• Copy and share any step, verse or hadith
• Adjustable Arabic text size
• Transliteration on or off
• Light and dark mode

WHO IS IT FOR
• New Muslims and reverts learning wudu for the first time
• Parents and teachers showing children how to make wudu
• Anyone who wants to check their ablution against the authentic Sunnah

Available in 13 languages: English, العربية, বাংলা, اردو, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Türkçe, فارسی, Français, Español, Deutsch, Русский

Recent changes:
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