Peace be upon you. What are the conditions for the validity of wudu (ablution) and what are the conditions for the validity of prayer?
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Peace be upon you.
First, it is important to note that your question is very general, and answering the details of the matter would require extensive elaboration, which means providing you with a practical guide. Therefore, we will limit ourselves to mentioning the conditions without going into detail for each condition.
According to Sayyid Sistani and Sayyid Khamenei:
Conditions for Validity of Wudu:
1. Intention, meaning the intention should be for seeking closeness to Allah.
2. Purity of water.
3. Water must be pure and not mixed with other substances, such as tea, juice, rose water, etc., which would prevent it from being considered water.
4. According to Sayyid Sistani: The water should be clean in a precautionary sense, meaning it should not be altered by common impurities like the carcass of a pure animal or animal urine, even if it does not lose its identity as water.
According to Sayyid Khamenei: It is permissible to perform wudu with dirty water.
5. The water must be permissible to use, meaning it should not be usurped.
6. The parts of the body used for wudu must be pure.
7. There should be no hindrance to using water due to a disease that would cause harm from its use.
8. Direct action, meaning the person performing wudu should do the actions themselves if possible. If assistance is needed, they may seek help, but they must maintain their intention themselves.
9. Continuity, meaning the actions of washing and wiping should be done in a customary sequence without long pauses between them.
10. Order among the parts, starting with the face, then the right hand, then the left hand, followed by wiping the head, and then the feet. It is obligatory to avoid wiping the left foot before the right, although both can be wiped together, but it is recommended to wipe the right foot first.
As for prayer, the conditions are:
1. Intention, meaning the intention should be for seeking closeness to Allah.
2. Entering the time of prayer; prayer is not valid before the time has entered.
3. Order among the prayers, meaning the order between the two Dhuhr prayers and the two Isha prayers; Dhuhr cannot be performed before Asr, nor Maghrib before Isha.
4. Facing the Qibla.
5. Covering the private parts, even if there is no observer or it is dark.
6. Purity of clothing, except for what is excused in prayer.
7. Permissibility of clothing.
8. According to Sayyid Sistani: The clothing of the person praying should not be made from parts of a dead animal (impure) that are permissible when alive, whether it is clothing in which the prayer is performed or not. This is obligatory as a precaution.
According to Sayyid Khamenei: The clothing of the person praying must not be made from parts of a dead animal with flowing blood, and it is also obligatory as a precaution that it should not be made from parts of non-blooded animals.
9. It should not be made from parts of predatory animals or any animal whose meat is not permissible to eat, as a precaution, especially in the clothing worn during prayer.
According to Sayyid Khamenei: It should not be made from parts of animals that are forbidden to eat.
10. According to Sayyid Sistani: The clothing of a man should not be made of gold, even if it is jewelry like rings, chains, or wristwatches, except for those carried in pockets.
According to Sayyid Khamenei: The clothing of a man should not be embroidered with gold, and it is obligatory as a precaution that the prayer is invalid if performed with such jewelry.
11. According to Sayyid Sistani: The clothing of a man should not be made of silk.
According to Sayyid Khamenei: If the person praying is a man, his clothing should not be made of pure silk, even for items not used in prayer.
12. Obligations of prayer include: intention, Takbir al-Ihram (opening Takbir), standing, recitation, remembrance, bowing, prostration, Tashahhud, Tasleem, order, and continuity, meaning there should not be a long pause between the actions of prayer that would erase its form.
13. There are details related to the place of prayer, including permissibility, purity of the place of prostration, and that it should be a place where prostration is valid, among other matters.
Source:
Sayyid Khamenei: Answers to Questions: Rulings on Wudu, especially: S121 +
Book of Simplified Jurisprudence, Issues 488, 494, 495, 496, 493, 499, 524, 498, 500.
Sayyid Sistani: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, Conditions of Wudu and Prayer.