It is recommended that one rinses the mouth and inhales water from a single handful, combining both actions. Al-Athram said: I heard Abu Abd Allah being asked: Which do you prefer; rinsing the mouth and inhaling from a single scoop, or each of them separately? He said: With a single scoop. This is due to what we have mentioned regarding the hadith of Uthman and Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both. In the hadith of Abdullah ibn Zayd (20), it is stated that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) put his hands into [the vessel and rinsed his mouth] (21) and blew out the water three times, rinsing his mouth and blowing out from a single scoop. Reported by Sa‘id. In another wording: He rinsed his mouth and blew out the water three times, each three times, from a single scoop. Reported by al-Bukhari. In another wording: He rinsed his mouth and inhaled from a single handful, doing that three times. Agreed upon. In another wording, he rinsed his mouth, inhaled, and blew out three times with three scoops. Agreed upon. In another wording: He rinsed his mouth three times (22) and inhaled three times (22) from a single handful. Reported by al-Athram and Ibn Majah. If the one performing wudu wishes, he may rinse the mouth.
= washing the hands, and the Chapter on the number of times to wash the feet, from the Book of Purification. al-Mujtaba 1/58-60, 68. Narrated by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Description of the Prophet’s Wudu (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/25, 26. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on how the Wudu of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was, from the Chapters on Purification. ‘Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/64. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 1/78, 82, 83, 110, 113, 123-125, 127, 135, 141, 154, 157. (20) The hadith of Abdullah ibn Zayd, with its various narrations, was narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on wiping the entire head, the Chapter on washing the feet up to the ankles, the Chapter on whoever rinses the mouth and inhales from a single scoop, the Chapter on wiping the head once, the Chapter on performing ghusl and wudu in a basin, etc., and the Chapter on wudu from a vessel (al-tawr), from the Book of Wudu. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/58-61. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Wudu of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), from the Book of Purification. Sahih Muslim 1/210, 211. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Description of the Prophet’s Wudu (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/27. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on rinsing the mouth and inhaling from a single handful, from the Chapters on Purification. ‘Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/46, 47. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Limit of Washing, and the Chapter on the description of wiping the head, from the Book of Purification. al-Mujtaba 1/61. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on rinsing the mouth and inhaling from a single handful, and the Chapter on what has been narrated regarding wiping the head, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/149, 150. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on performing wudu twice, and the Chapter on how the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used fresh water for his head, from the Book of Wudu. Sunan al-Darimi 1/180. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on the practice of wudu, from the Book of Purification. al-Muwatta 1/18. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 4/38, 39, 41, 42. See also what preceded in Issue 12, page 105. (21) In Manuscript M: "in the oven (al-tannur) and he rinsed his mouth". Al-Tawr is the vessel (cup). It has also been said: it is the basin. (22) Omitted from the Original.
