SECOND REMINDER. Yaumul Ahad, 1st day of Rajab (18th March). OBLIGATORY (WAAJIBAAT) AND SUMNAH PART OF WUDUU. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first reminder; The sunnahs of wuduu are numerous. Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him) said: The sunnahs of wudoo’ are as follows: 1. Using siwaak (toothstick), which is to be done when rinsing the mouth, so that by means of the siwak and rinsing the mouth, the mouth will be cleansed for worship and be prepared for recitation of Qur’an and conversing with ALLAH, may HE be glorified and exalted. 2. Washing the hands three times when starting wudoo’, before washing the face, because of the hadiths which speak of that, and because the hands are the tools used to transport water to the other parts of the body, so washing them is prudent action before proceeding with wudoo’. 3. Starting by rinsing the mouth and nose before washing the face, because starting with them is mentioned in the hadiths; and one should do them together. Meaning you fetch water with your right palm, suck half to your mouth and the rest through your nose then use your left fingers to blow water from your nose as you blow water from your mouth. Just as how we are thought to wipe our head together with the ears. 4. In the case of a thick beard, ensuring that water reaches throughout; and making sure that water gets in between the fingers and toes. 5. Starting on the right in the case of the hands/arms and feet, before the left. 6. Washing more than once, up to three times, when washing the face, hands/arms and feet. Another Sunnah is wiping the ears, according to the majority of scholars. Imam Ahmad was of the view that wiping them is obligatory. After doing wuduu, it is required to recite the following supplication: Ashhadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu was rasooluhu. Allaahumm aj’alni min al-tawwaabeena waj’alni min al-mutatahhireena, subhaanaka Allaahumma wa bi hamdika, ashhadu an laa ilaaha ill anta, astaghfiruka wa atoobu ilayka (I bear witness that there is no god except Allah alone, with no partner or associate, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. O Allah, make me one of those who repent and make me one of those who purify themselves. Glory and praise be to You, O Allah, I bear witness that there is no god but You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You). May Allah keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge Aameen.