How many times have we rushed and quickly completed our Wudhu, without paying much attention to washing the various parts properly. Here’s a Hadith which Insha Allah will make us rethink how we perform our Wudhu.
Marked with whiteness from the traces of WudhuAbu Hurayrah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) reports that the Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) went one day to the graveyard. “As he arrived there, he said: ‘Peace be to you, in this dwelling place of believers. We will join you as God wills. I wish I could see my brothers.’
People who were with him said: ‘Messenger of Allah! Are we not your brothers?’ He said:
‘No, you are my companions. Our brothers are those who have not yet been born. I am to be ahead of them by the drinking place on the Day of Judgment.’
People asked him: ‘Messenger of Allah! How will you know those of your community in future generations?’
He answered: ‘If a person has some horses with white spots in their legs, and they get mixed with other horses which are all black without any spots or markings, would he not know his horses?’
They said: ‘He certainly would.’ The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) said: ‘Well, my followers will be marked on the Day of Judgment with whiteness in their faces because they perform ablution. I will be ahead of them by the drinking place. Some men will be turned away from my drinking place, just like a camel that gets lost. I will call them to come over to me, but I will be told that they altered and changed. I will say: away with them, then; away with them.’” (Related by Ahmad, Muslim and Al-Nasa’i).
May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala make us amongst those whose faces will be white on the day when some faces will be white and some black Ameen!