Purity: Is It Necessary for Water to Flow Over the Hands in Wudūʾ?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Is It Necessary for Water to Flow Over the Hands in Wudūʾ?
English:
Question #123
For wuḍū’ to be correct, is it a condition that the water should flow over the whole hand, or is it sufficient that the hands are wiped with a wet hand?
Answer #123
The condition for washing is that water should reach all over the hand, even if the water is made to reach all over the hand by wiping with the hand, but to wipe with wet hand by itself is not sufficient.
- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Wuḍū’1
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The official pratical laws website of Imam Khamenei appears to have an error with this ruling. This answer has been taken from the Practical Laws of Islam of Imam Khamenei, Vol. 1, Chapter on Ritual Purity (Taharah) Q. 129, Page 52.