THE FOLLOWING STEPS MUST BE OBSERVED IN ORDER (Tarteeb)

Allah the Exalted said: (O you who have believed when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. (The Noble Qu’ran 5:6)

STEP 1: BEFORE WUWDU’Intention of making wudu’ should be done in the heart, then say: Bismillah (In the name of Allah)

STEP 2: x3 Completely wash the hands including the wrists and between the fingers. (max. 3 times)

STEP 3: x3 Take some water with your right hand; put half of it into the mouth, swirl around, and spit it out. Then with the remaining water in your right hand, inhale it into your nostrils then exhale with your left hand. (max. 3 times)

STEP 4: x3 Wash the entire face from the forehead to the chin and from the left earlobe right earlobe. (max. 3 times)

STEP 5: x3 Wash the two arms from the fingertips up to and including the elbows and between the fingers. Begin with the right arm. (max. 3 times for each arm)

STEP 6: Wet your hands; rub to the head starting from the front to the back of the head and back to the front. Without taking new water, rub your ears by inserting the index finger inside your ear and rubbing with the thumb the back of the ears. (1 time only)

STEP 7: x3 Wash the feet including the ankles and between the toes. Begin with the right foot first. (max. 3 times for each foot)

STEP 8: Ash-hadu anllah ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharii kalah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasooluh (I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone and He has no partner. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. (Muslim)