Benefits (Fadl) of Wudhu - Lesson 3

 

Al-Bara’a Ibn Aazib (Bukhari), the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:

“If you have come to your bed then make Wudhu (perfect the Wudhu like that of salaah with all the conditions), then lie down on your right side and recites the following adkhar (making this his last speech), and if you die then, you would have died upon the fitrah.”

- اللّهُـمَّ أَسْـلَمْتُ نَفْـسي إِلَـيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْـتُ أَمْـري إِلَـيْكَ، وَوَجَّـهْتُ وَجْـهي إِلَـيْكَ، وَأَلْـجَـاْتُ ظَهـري إِلَـيْكَ، رَغْبَـةً وَرَهْـبَةً إِلَـيْكَ، لا مَلْجَـأَ وَلا مَنْـجـا مِنْـكَ إِلاّ إِلَـيْكَ، آمَنْـتُ بِكِتـابِكَ الّـذي أَنْزَلْـتَ وَبِنَبِـيِّـكَ الّـذي أَرْسَلْـت .

البخاري مع الفتح 11/113 ومسلم 4/2081

** From the signs of a believer is that he perfects his Wudhu **

The Daleel for this is the Hadeeth of Thawbaan (a Sahabah) as recorded in Ibn Majah (Sheikh Al-Albani made it saheeh) that the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:

“Know that the best of your actions is your Salaah and none preserves the Wudhu except the believer.”

From this Hadeeth, the Ulema mention that: 

“The signs of a believer is that he preserves his Wudhu.”

The Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:

“Whoever makes Wudhu before he goes to sleep, lies on the right side and mentions Allaah (Bi Zikrillaah and he then he has gone to bed… )… if he then dies, he will die upon the natural fitrah.”

(Al-Bukhari with Al-Fath 11/113 and Muslim 4/2081)

 *** Adkhar before going to sleep. (Bukhari and Muslim)

*** Fitrah: (the religion of Islaam, the way of Ibrahim  عليه السلام).