Washing In A Natural Way During Wudu And Ghusl
Asalamualaikum Mr. Umer Quershi, Sorry to bother you on this topic again, but there are a few things that have been bugging me which I wanted to clarify with you. If any of these are irrelevant to the forum, please let me know. I’ll create a new forum. 1.) I have trouble with rinsing my nose. Sometimes I feel like water isn’t entering both nostrils, so my solution is to restart wudu/ghusl. Is it acceptable for me to just try to rinse my nose again in the same wudu/ghusl? But then I get confused if this would count as rinsing my nose once or twice. I know this is very nitty gritty, but it’s just something that bothers me. And then I get stuck, because I wonder if I am obliged to rinse my mouth the same number of times as my nose, and if I should rinse my mouth one more time because of this. Usually I rinse both the mouth and nose once. 2.) When I am rinsing my nose during wudu/ghusl, I feel water entering into my mouth too. I can’t tell if I’m deliberately allowing the water to enter my mouth too. But, there have been occasions where I noticed I was taking water into my mouth in addition to my nose, when my intention was only to rinse the nose. However, I tell myself that this doesn’t matter and consciously allow the water to enter my mouth as well, even though my intention is only to rinse the nose at this specific point in wudu/ghusl. Is this okay and am I overthinking? 3.) Is there any harm in using soap in wudu/ghusl? Because in a ‘natural’ sense, it doesn’t seem like an issue to me. But I remember reading on one site that it’s biddah during wudu. This was a few months ago as I don’t visit those sites anymore for my own sake. But because of this reason, I never use soap during ghusl, which is why I take a quick shower before ghusl. 4.) This seems like common sense based off what you told me, but it doesn’t matter how far beyond the boundaries of my limbs I cover with water during wudu, correct? For example, one person said in a video that it should not exceed 1 inch beyond the ankle, elbow, etc. However, I am sure I go more than an inch above the ankle, maybe even 3-4 inches. JazakAllah