The purpose of wudu’ or ablution is referred to in 5.6: ‘O you who believe, when you observe the contact prayers (salat) you shall wash your faces, wash your arms to the elbows, wipe your heads and wash your feet to the ankles.’ There...

Ritual washing. Ablution is practised to restore a state of ritual *purity. It can involve total immersion either in the sea or in a ritual bath and this is undergone by *proselytes to *Judaism and by married *women seven days after their menstrual...

ABLUTIONS are ceremonial washings of the human body or particular parts of it; of objects that come into close contact with the human body, such as cooking utensils or food; and sometimes of such special religious items as statues of deities or saints....

Ablution is a term referring to washing, and can...

Byline: Andrea Billups, THE WASHINGTON TIMES DEARBORN, Mich. - Plans to construct two foot-washing stations continue at the University of Michigan at Dearborn amid concerns that such action would constitute an establishment of religion by the public university. The 8,700-student school...

Rather than one big bathroom with opposing functions--waking up and winding down--efficient revamping of two existing bathrooms in this California vacation home offers vibrancy and serenity just steps from each other. There's also enough separation for one to be allocated to guests. "This...