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One day after the Fajr prayer,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
asked Bilal Radiallahu Anhu,
He said, "ya Bilal,"
hadithni bi 'arja amalin amiltahu fil Islam
He said, "tell me of the most exceptional deed
you have committed to since becoming Muslim.
Because I heard your footsteps in paradise."
And Bilal Radiallahu Anhu said,
"I don't don't think I have anything
that is worth mentioning,
except that when I make wudu
during the day or the night,
I pray after that wudu
as much as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala allows me to."
Now, like everything else that we've said,
this rank is for the companions.
But the concept as a whole
is for the ummah.
And the messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
said that whoever performs wudu
like this wudu of mine
and then offers two raka'at of prayer,
la yuhaddhithu fihi ma nafsahu
Without allowing his thoughts to go all over the place,
ghufira lahu maa taqaddama minlanbihi
Then everything that he has done before will be forgiven.
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The wudu is special because of what it encompasses
in and of itself.
And it can be made more special with what you do with it.
And of course, it is special because it's tied
to the prayer.
Now, when you do wudu with dhikr,
with the remembrance of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
there are two narrations.
One of them, which I'll say here,
is the one that Abu Sa'id Radiallahu ta'ala Anhu narrated.
That whoever performs wudu
and then after they complete their wudu, they say
subhaanakallahumma wabihamdik
ashhadu anla ilaha illa anta
astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
"Glory to you, I Allah
I bear witness that there is no God, but you,
I seek your forgiveness, and I repent to you."
He said,
taba' Allahu alayha bi tabi'in thumma rufia' tahtil arshi
fallam tuksar illal yawmal qiyamah
He said that Allah puts a seal on that deed,
meaning the wudu,
and it will be raised to the arsh, to the throne,
and nothing is going to break that seal
until the day of resurrection.
So it's going to stay there
and be there for you on the Day of Judgment.
Now, of course we know the authentic narration
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam as well
about saying the shahada after wudu.
But I promise you,
we will get to that a little bit later.
The point is that,
remember that salah itself,
prayer itself,
is noor and burhaan and najaat.
It is a light for you.
It is proof for you.
It is salvation for you.
And so everything that's going to be tied
to the salah is also noor.
It's also light.
And you also find that in other ahadith.
So for example,
where the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
mentions the light
for those who go to the masaijd
and what that's going to translate into
on the Day of Judgment.
He said, "give glad-tidings to those who used to walk
to the masjid in the dark
of a long stretching light
on the Day of Judgment
because that is sincerity
that they were going only for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
So you have light in your right,
and then you have light in front of you,
which we've already covered.
And part of that is going to the masajid.
But then, there is the actual light of your body.
The noor of your body.
And Abu Hurairah Radiallahu ta'ala Anhu
He said that one time the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
went to the baqi, to the cemetery.
And he said, Assalamu Alaikum dara qawmin mu'minin wa inna
anshaaAllahu bi kum nahikun
"Peace be onto you, O abode of believing ones.
And inshaAllah, we will join you soon.
And he says,
wa dittu anna qadra'ayna ikhwaanana
"I wish we could see our brothers."
Now, if you're there in the graveyard,
you would think that he's talking either about
the brothers that are with him,
or brothers that have departed.
So, the Sahaba who are with the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
They said,
awalasna ikhwaanaka ya RasulAllah?
"Aren't we your brothers?
Oh, messenger of Allah?"
And the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, said,
antum assahabi
"You are my companions.
My brothers and sisters are those
who have not yet even been born."
So they said to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
"Well, how are you you going to recognize
those of your ummah
who have not yet been born, ya Rasulullah?"
So, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
gives them this example.
He says, "tell me, suppose that a man had all black horses
and some of those black horses
had white streaks and patches
on their limbs and on their foreheads.
Wouldn't the owner of those horses
be able to distinguish them from the rest?"
And they said,
bala Ya Rasulullah
"Of course, oh messenger of Allah."
So he said, "I will recognize them
when they are given their records in their right hands.
And I will recognize them
as their descendants run before them.
And my brothers will come on a day of judgment
with light on their faces
and on their arms and on their legs.
From what? From their wudu.
And I will be waiting for them at the hawd, at the fountain.
And so, the light of wudu is literal light on the body
on the Day of Judgment.
Abu Hurairah Radiallahu Anhu said,
"I heard the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam saying
that on the Day of Judgment,
my followers will be called "Al-Ghurr-ul-Muhajjalun".
And Al-Ghurr-ul-Muhajjalun means people that are branded
on the forelock and on the forearms.
And it will be from the trace of wudu.
And whoever can increase them,
the area of their radiance of their light
on the Day of Judgment should do so.
And by the way, the ulema
This is not like, you know,
go beyond the areas of wudu.
This means doing wudu regularly, consistently,
and making sure that you touch every position for every part
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam instructed.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
also said in another narration,
he said,
tablaghul hilyatu minal mu'min haythu yablughul wudu
That on the Day of Judgment,
a believer's adornment will reach to the extent
that the wudu reaches on their bodies.
And then you have this hadith that brings it all together.
The wudu, the salat, the masajid.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
'ala addulukum, 'ala maa yamhullalhu bihil khataya
wa yarfa 'ubihidharajat?
"Shall I not tell you about something, a deed,
by which Allah will forgive all of your sins
and raise your status in unimaginable ways?"
He said, bala Ya Rasulullah?
"What is it, oh messenger of Allah?"
And he said, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
isbaaghul wudu 'alal makaari q
wa kathratul khuttaa ilal masaajid
wantidhaarussalati ba' dassalah
fadhalikum arribaat dhalikum arribaat
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said you do wudu
even in the difficult days.
You know, when it's cold, or when it's hard,
for whatever reason.
You do wudu at those times.
And then increase your steps to the masajid.
That doesn't mean turn around and walk backwards, no.
Make sure that you walk frequently to the masajid,
and wait for one prayer until the other prayer.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"that is like guarding the fortress."
I mean, that is such a complete way of life
to guarantee noor for yourself
on the Day of Judgment.
Light for yourself on the Day of Judgment.
And the wudu is the first part
of the purification process, literally.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that
when a Muslim or a believer washes his face in wudu,
every single sin that he committed
with his eyes is going to be washed away
with the last drop of water.
And when he washes his hands,
every single sin that he committed
with his hands is going to be washed away
with the last drop of water.
And when he washes his feet,
every single sin that he committed
with his feet will be washed away
with the last drop of water.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says
hatta yakh ruja naqiyyan min adhunub
Until he emerges completely purified from sin.
And another narration
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
his sins will depart from his body,
even from under his fingernails.
And what's the logic of this?
Wudu literally wipes out sins.
And what that translates into,
with everything we've already spoken about,
when the darkness of sin is removed,
it's filled with light.
And that's true of the light in the hearts
that comes through repentance after the darkness of sin.
And it's true of the light of the bodies
on the Day of Judgment that comes through wudu.
And that's just one of the things that becomes so crucial
as you prepare to cross directly
over the darkest abode of the fire.
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