Question

Is the following du’a to be read before wudu?

اللهم اني اسألك تمام الوضوء وتمام الصلوة وتمام رضوانك وتمام مغفرتك

Translation: O Allah I ask you to bless me with a complete wudu, complete Salah, your complete happiness and forgiveness.

Answer

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said:

O ‘Ali, When you intend to make wudu then say the following du’a, to acquire its extra virtue:

Bismillah, Allahumma inni as aluka tamamal wudu wa tamamas salah wa tamama ridwanika wa tamama maghfiratika

(Musnadul Harith; Refer Bughyatul Bahith, Hadith: 78 and 469)

 

Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahullah) has declared the Hadith a fabrication. Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) has declared the above Hadith as extremely weak.

(Dalailun Nubuwwah, vol. 7 pg. 229, Al Matalibul ‘Aliyah, Hadith: 77. Also see Al La-Alil Masnu’ah, vol. 2 pg. 312)

 

Note: Although the Hadith in question cannot be quoted, the meaning of this du’a is correct, and therefore it may be recited at any time without considering it a Sunnah and without anticipating the virtue mentioned therein.

 

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best

 

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

 

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

 

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar