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Sunan Abi Dawud 861 (Book 2, Hadith 471) #21152
The Importance of Ablution and Shahadah Before Prayer

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of performing ablution and reciting the shahadah before prayer, and how any defects in this process will affect one's prayer.

Rifa’ah b. Rafi has also narrated this tradition through a different chain from the Messenger of Allah. This version goes: Then perform ablution in a way Allah, the exalted, has command you, then say the shahadah and get up and say the takbir. Then if you know any of the Qur’an, recite it; otherwise say: "Praise be to Allah"; "Allah is most great"; " There is no god but Allah" He ( the narrator) also said in this version: If some defect remains in this, that detect will remain in your prayer.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْخُتَّلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ - أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلاَّدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَصَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ ‏"‏ فَتَوَضَّأْ كَمَا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدْ فَأَقِمْ ثُمَّ كَبِّرْ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَعَكَ قُرْآنٌ فَاقْرَأْ بِهِ وَإِلاَّ فَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَكَبِّرْهُ وَهَلِّلْهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ فِيهِ ‏"‏ وَإِنِ انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا انْتَقَصْتَ مِنْ صَلاَتِكَ

QUICK LESSONS:
Perform wudu according to what Allah has commanded us; Recite the shahaada before praying; Pay attention when worshipping God

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith emphasizes the importance of performing ablution and reciting the shahadah before prayer. It is important to perform wudu in a way that Allah has commanded us, which includes washing our hands, face, arms up to elbows, wiping our head with wet hands, washing our feet up to ankles. After that we must recite the shahadah which is "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah; Muhammad is His servant and messenger". If we do not perform these steps properly or if some defect remains in this process then it will remain in our prayer as well. Therefore it is important for us to take care of these steps before praying so that we can get closer to Allah through our prayers.

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