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Book of Purification from Ritual Impurity
Book of Ablution (Wudu)
Chapter One: The Evidence for the Obligation of Wudu
We begin by stating the following:
All Muslims concur that the Shar‘i purification is of two types: purification from ritual impurity (ḥadath) and purification from physical defilement (khabath).
They likewise agree that purification from ritual impurity falls into three categories: ablution (wudu), the full ritual bath (ghusl), and a substitute for either of them—namely, dry ablution (tayammum). This classification is drawn from the single Qur’anic verse that legislates wudu and implicitly includes the other two. Accordingly, we shall commence with the discussion of wudu and say:
[كِتَابُ الطَّهَارَةِ مِنَ الْحَدَثِ]
[كِتَابُ الْوُضُوءِ]
[الْبَابُ الْأَوَّلُ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى وُجُوبِ الْوُضُوءِ]
ِ فَنَقُولُ:
إِنَّهُ اتَّفَقَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَى أَنَّ الطَّهَارَةَ الشَّرْعِيَّةَ طَهَارَتَانِ: طَهَارَةٌ مِنَ الْحَدَثِ، وَطَهَارَةٌ مِنَ الْخَبَثِ،
وَاتَّفَقُوا عَلَى أَنَّ الطَّهَارَةَ مِنَ الْحَدَثِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَصْنَافٍ:
وُضُوءٌ، وَغُسْلٌ، وَبَدَلٌ مِنْهُمَا وَهُوَ التَّيَمُّمُ، وَذَلِكَ لِتَضَمُّنِ ذَلِكَ آيَةَ الْوُضُوءِ الْوَارِدَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَلْنَبْدَأْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِالْقَوْلِ فِي الْوُضُوءِ،
فَنَقُولُ: