How To Perform Ablution "Wudhu"
1- Declare the intention for Wudhu in your heart.
2- Say Bismillah (In the Name of Allah).
3- Wash the right hand up to and including the wrists. Make sure to while rub and rub between the fingers of the hand. And thus make sure no part of the hand is left dry. Three times. Then do the same with the left hand. (also three times).
4- Make a cup with the right hand then from this hand take water into your mouth and swirl it inside the mouth and then expel out of mouth. Then sniff remaining water from the cupped right hand and sniff water into the nose and then blow the water out and using the left hand remove the water from your nose. Do this three times (1).
5- Wash the face three times, from the hairline to the jawbone and chin, and from start of the ear to start of the ear. A man should wash the hair of his beard by taking a handful of water and entering it below his chin and rubbing it through his beard and passing the wet fingers through the beard.
6- Wash the right arm up to and including the elbow. Three times. The arm extends from the fingertips, including the nails, to the lower part of the upper arm. It is essential to remove anything stuck to the hands before washing them, such as dough, mud, paint, nail polish etc, that could prevent the water from reaching the skin. Do the same with the left arm. Three times.
7- Wet your hands in water. Place both hands at the front of the head (beginning of hairline) and wipe the head backwards until you reach the nape. Then bring them back to the front of the head (beginning of hairline). This is done once only. With regard to a woman’s hair, she should wipe it whether it is loose or braided from the front of her head to the roots of the hair at the nape and then bring forward as above, but she does not have to wipe the entire length of her hair.
8- Clean the ears by inserting the tips of the index fingers into the ears. Twist them round the folds of the ears. Then wipe the back of the ears with your thumbs. From bottom of the ear upwards. Once only.
9- Wash the right feet up to and including the ankles, three times. You should enter the water between the toes with your little finger and then wash the foot (note not wipe feet but wash them) and make sure you wash the sole of the foot and heals. Make sure no parts of the foot is left dry. Wash the left feet same as the right foot also three times.
10- The Du'aa after the Wudoo: Allaahumm aj’alni min al-tawwaabeena waj’alni min al-mutatahhireena "O Allaah, make me one of those who repent and make me one of those who purify themselves".
(1) Some people rinse the mouth first three times and then rinse the nose three times. However the first method is the most authentic.
Note. The water must also be pure (Taahir), for impure (Naajis) water cannot be used for wudoo’. One must also remove anything that could prevent water from reaching the skin and nails, such as nail polish.