Kohl should be applied in odd strokes.

Pronouncing the basmalah at the start of ablution is obligatory for anyone who remembers to do so.

Circumcision is mandatory unless a person fears serious harm to himself, and shaving the head in uneven patches is disliked.

The sunnahs of ablution include: using the siwak; washing the hands three times—an act that becomes obligatory after night-time sleep, since sleep nullifies ablution; beginning with rinsing the mouth and then the nose; being thorough in both for one who is not fasting; combing a dense beard with the fingers; interlacing the fingers and toes; giving precedence to the right side; taking fresh water for the ears; and performing the second and third wash of each limb.