Question:
Is it necessary to wash the face three times in wuḍūʾ?
Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
Answer:
In wuḍūʾ, washing the face at least once is obligatory (wājib). Washing it three times is Sunnah and recommended (mustaḥabb).
Scholarly Consensus:
❀ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn al-Mulaqqin رحمه الله (804 AH):
تثليث غسل الوجه، والإجماع قائم على سنيته
“Washing the face three times is Sunnah, and there is consensus on this.”
(al-Tawḍīḥ, 4/179, 182)
✅ Conclusion:
- Minimum once = obligatory.
- Three times = Sunnah and preferred, established by consensus.
