Can I Speak During Wudhu or Pause?

Can I Speak During Wudhu or Pause?

Assalamualaikum. Ustadz, I want to ask a question.

What is the ruling on answering people's calls during ablution? Because sometimes the employer calls when we are doing ablution. So it means, is it okay to speak during ablution?

And, what is the ruling on pausing ablution? For example, during ablution in public toilets, then when you want to wash your feet there are officers who forbid. When the officer left, he continued his ablution.

Thank you, Ustadz.

Greetings, Fulanah

ANSWER:

Wassalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarokaatuh.

Bismillah… In the syarah of Matan Taqrîb, namely the book of Fathul Qarîb al-Mujîb by Ibn Al-Qasim al-Ghâzi, it is stated that there are 10 sunnahs for ablution, namely:

  1. Reading Basmalah
  2. Washing both palms
  3. Gargle and put water into your nose and then let it out
  4. Wiping the whole head (because what is obligatory is only part of the head according to the Shafi'i school)
  5. Wiping all parts of both ears
  6. Digging the beard
  7. Interrupting fingers and toes
  8. Prioritize the right side
  9. Repeat three times
  10. Muwãlãh (continuous without pause)

If a person does not perform the 10th sunnah, namely muwãlãh, for some reason, his wudlu stopped and paused, then after that he resumed his ablution, then his ablution is still valid according to the Shafi'i school. Because muwãlãh is sunnah.

Muwalah (continuous without a long pause) is expressed in the language of tatabbu' (continuous). Muwalah is that between two members of wudlu' there is no long separation, even each member is immediately purified after purifying the previous member, as long as the previously washed member has not dried up under normal conditions of wind, weather, and times. (Fathul Qarib p. 19)

According to the Maliki school of thought, speaking during ablution is makruh if what is being discussed is not necessary at all.

Meanwhile, according to the Hanafi, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools, the law of speaking during ablution can reduce the perfection of ablution. So that silence when ablution is sunnah. What is allowed is prayer or dhikr to Allah SWT during ablution.

But if it is urgent, then someone may speak. For example, when we are doing ablution, we suddenly see a blind person who is going the wrong way towards a dangerous direction such as a fast and deep river or a road crowded with vehicles. Similarly, answering the calls of others such as employers, and so on when ablution. If the call is very important, then it is permissible to answer it. But if it's the other way around, then delaying the answer until the ablution is complete, that's more important.

In contrast to Sayyid Sabiq's opinion in his book fiqsussunnah, he said that it is legal to speak during ablution because there is no clear argument forbidding it.

The conclusion is that speaking during ablution does not invalidate it. It's just that the law is makruh unless it is very important and urgent. Because it can reduce the solemnity and virtue of ablution.

Wallâhu a'lam bish-showâb.

Regards!

(Answered by: Ustadz Very Setiyawan, Lc., S.Pd.I., MH)

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