Salat without ritual washing
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Is it possible to do Salat without doing the ritual washing?
If Salat means following closely and 2 Quran reading/study sessions per day, can I do those without washing?
Could it be that 56 is specific for a gathering Salat?
Thank you
Peace, Rilum
Peace brother Rilum..
Good to see you after a while..
Well it seems like some people have not got what Allah has stated in verse 443 and 56.. These are very simple and manifest verses but still I give my comprehensive understanding on these two verses..
First of all you took Salat as closely following and it seems you took it as reading Quran.. In my case big No.. I am not here to debate on that.. God has said read Quran in black and white without refering any body wash.. But Salat is definitely Not merely reading Quran... Anyway leave that aside..
When one is dirty to the extent other than having a complete bath there is no solution... If one has had a bath then there is no four steps of body parts washing or even thyamam... Full body wash nullfies both..
But even after having a full body wash if one happens to go to routine then ensure to clean what you need to clean....common sense .. So God's explanation is manifest...After Full body wash = Yes for Salah (no other steps)
No full body wash = Yes for salah but do four steps with water. ...
No full body wash (No water) = Yes for Salah but thayamam..
Had Sex with wife, Sick, after toilet etc = Yes for Salah but wash what you have to wash.. For example you don't need to have a complete bath after coming from toilet... Do you? No.. Just wash the area where you need to wash.. Then if you complete four steps then salah.. But if you have already had a complete body wash before toilet or sex then directly to salah.. But even you had a complete bath ensure to wash relevant areas if you happen to go toilet or if you have sex, no need complete body wash again...
Your complete body won't become unclean for doing your routine (toilet) or having sex with wife.. Your complete body is unclean if one doesn't have bath while he is due with natural dirt...
For example if you are someone who is having bath morning and evening then forget about four steps.. Just perform Salat. But needless to say ensure you clean relevant areas after sex or after toilet... Without doing so don't near salat..Note some still wonder after having sex do we have to have a complete body wash to consider ourselves clean? No.. God has never ever said so. Having sex or going to toilet won't make us dirty..
Two conditions we should never near salah..
1... Intoxicated and not knowing what we utter.. Your salah is meaningless... Don't perform Salat..
2... You are dirty physically and you have water but not willing to have a full body wash ... Don't near salah... Until you have full body wash... Don't perform Salah.. All other occasions perform salah and never miss. .
In both above situations if you happen to perform salah you are mocking the God... One reason you are not by yourself coz intoxicated and other reason is you never want to be clean but you are trying to be clean by performing Salat ... How come you can be clean from heart while you don't want to be clean physically...
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Quran implies the regular/timed salat of the mumineen would usually be communal/congregational hence why I think one of the reasons is the washing/cleanliness aspect. Other aspects could be priming/mindset, specialness of the undertaking etc.
I suppose if you were doing it alone then it is up to you but Quran doesn't seem to give an exception for that choice.
https//mypercept.co.uk/articles/quran_on_salat.htm
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Well one of the interesting aspects of the regular/timed salat of the mumineen is that there is no discussion to my knowledge, as per Quran, on acceptance/rejection of it by God, no expiation/punishment for missing it etc.
The above topic is rarely discussed but it has been discussed here
https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9606648.0 -
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@Rilum Salam Rilum,
Your post is a bit old. Nonetheless, I decided to reply anyway.The specific washing mentioned in 5:6 may not be for a ritual. It is specifically for "minimum cleansing" when water is scarce, before someone is going to commit themselves to tying the marriage knots. Solaa mentioned in that verse means "commitment" or "pledge of marriage", not a ritual. Please read the following carefully. I extracted it from a book that I found online at www.thequrantheuntoldtruths.com. Let me know what you think.
What does ‘Ablution’ (= wudhu) have to do with ‘solaa’?
As per the religion Islam, Ablution (= wudhu) means a ritual cleansing. The Muslims believe they have to ritually cleanse themselves prior to performing their ritual-worship. They use verse 6 in Chapter 5 to justify this ideology. If we use the meaning of this verse out of context to justify the belief in ritual-worship, then it will seem that ablution (= ritual cleansing) is required before performing ritual-worship, thus justifying ‘solaa’ to mean ritual-worship as well. Let’s review Chapter 5, verse 6 from Pickthall’s translation:
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer (Solaa), 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, 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. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
At the beginning of the verse, it states: ‘wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles’ before prayer (solaa). These are the actions that Muslims call ‘wudhu’ or ‘Ritual Cleansing’. First of all, there is no such word called ‘wudhu’ (= Ablution) in this verse, or any other verses in the Quran. The second part, where it states ‘then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it’ is what Muslims call ‘Tayammam’ or ‘dry ablution’.
In order to understand the reason for this cleanse, we have to learn verses 5, 6, and 7 of Chapter 5.
Verse 5 and 6 talks mainly about the permissibility of the food of our choice and the food of those who received the scripture before us, and the rules of matrimony. It states a believer can marry a chaste woman among the believers or among those who were given the scriptures (Torah and Gospel) and the food of each other is permitted as long as it is clean and not prohibited (See preceding verse 5:3 for prohibited food). It also states that we should seek them in marriage in honour and give them a marital gift before we marry them.
The verse 6 states that we should clean ourselves when we stand up to commit our matrimonial vow (= pledge = solaa). This method of cleansing is the minimum requirement so as not to make a burden on us if water is scarce. The verse further elaborates on personal hygiene methods. It is important to note that the last part of this verse stresses that God does not want to put any burden on us but only wants us to be clean at least minimally when there is no water (or anything else for that matter for cleaning).
Verse 7 states that when you take your matrimonial vow and say, “We hear and we obey” as in saying “I DO”, the matrimonial contract is binding upon us. It further stresses that we should be mindful of God as HE is aware of our intentions, whether we are for real or faking it (HE knows what is in our hearts). Let’s review the verses.
- This Day, all clean food of your choice is made lawful for you. The food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And so are the chaste women of the believers and the chaste women of those who were given the Scripture before you. But you must give them their marriage portions of wealth as gifts, and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor as secret lovers. Anyone who rejects belief, all his work is in vain, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.
- O You who believe! When you stand up for the commitment of oath for matrimony (= kum-thum-ilas-solaa-ti), wash your faces and your forearms up to the elbows and rub your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. If you have intimacy with your spouses, clean yourselves (= fat-tah-haru). But, if you are ill or on a journey, or come from the privy, or are in an unclean state due to intimacy and find no water, then obtain (= tayam-mam) clean dry soil to wipe your point of activity (= bi-wujuhi-kum = the focused area) and your hands (= aydiya-kum) with it. God does not wish to place any difficulty upon you, but to make you clean and to perfect His blessings upon you, that you may be grateful.
- Remember God's blessing (guidance) upon you and His Covenant, which He binds you with, when you say, 'We hear and we obey’. Be mindful of God. God is fully Aware of what is in the hearts.
When we take verses 5, 6 & 7 of chapter 5 of the Quran in context, we can clearly see the solaa mentioned in verse 6 is in fact the commitment (= pledge) to the matrimonial vow and not ritual-worship. Matrimonial vows are part of contract laws and discussed in Chapter 26.
It is also important to note that the second part of verse 6, which is underlined above has been commonly translated as ‘if you are ill or traveling or come from the privy (= toilet) or in an unclean state after intimacy and find no water, obtain (= tayam-mam) clean dry soil and rub your faces and hands with it’ (check Pickthall’s translation above). Though the verse states hands, the religionists insist it means the arms up to the elbows. The question is, why would anyone clean their faces and arms after coming from the toilet or after intimacy, instead of their private parts and hands, which become unclean? The verse simply indicates that when we come from the privy or after intimacy, we should always wash the focused area (= private parts) and the hands, and not our faces and arms up to the elbows. The verse states, however, that if we cannot find water (or anything else to clean), use clean dry soil instead, as a basic minimum requirement to clean ourselves. It is about personal hygiene and not about a dry ritual cleansing or Tayammam, as Muslims call it.
We find a similar verse in Quran 4:43, which talks about personal hygiene and cleanliness as well. The second part of chapter 4, verse 43, confirms the same facts as in Quran 5:6 above. Let’s have a look.
O you who have believed, do not make commitments (= pledges = oaths = promises = solaa) while your mind is beclouded, until you know what you are saying or in the state of intimacy, until you wash yourselves. And if you are ill or on a journey or you come from the privy or you are in an unclean state due to intimacy and find no water, then obtain (= tayam-mam) clean soil and wipe your point of activity (= bi-wujuhi-kum = the focused area) and your hands (= aydiya-kum) with it. Indeed, allah pardons and absolves your imperfections
The second portion of this verse is identical to the second portion of Quran 5:6 discussed above. The first part simply advises us not to make commitments, pledges, oaths, or promises (= solaa) when our minds are befogged for any reason, similar to when in a state of intimacy. The solaa mentioned in the verse has nothing to do with ritual worship.We can see that the Muslims have simply overlooked many of the simple and common sense approaches to life (way of life) in the Quran, in exchange for blind following.
