Fatwa ID: 06482

Answered by: Maulana Mamunur Hussain

Question:

Is khilaal of the fingers done after washing the arms or after wiping the nape?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Doing khilal of the fingers is from the sunnah acts of wudhu, it comes in the hadith:

عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ لَقِيطِ بْنِ صَبِرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَخَلِّلِ الأَصَابِعَ

Asim bin Laqit bin Sabirah narrated from his father that the Prophet Muhammad said: “When performing Wudu go between the fingers.”¹

The khilal of the fingers should be done after washing the hands, as stated by Imam Kasani, who mentions that khilal is an act of completing (washing) an obligatory part², in this case, the hands.

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Mamunur Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

1 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 38

2 Bada’i al-Sana’i (DKI volume 1, page 22)

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