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One of the pillars of Islam is that Muslims pray five times a day. Before those prayers, they are expected to perform a purification ritual called Wudu, requiring that\u00a0they wash their faces, hands, arms, and feet. We visited Masjid Muhammad Mosque in Washington, DC, where Imam Talib Shareef described the ablution practice as preparing for “an appointment before God.”<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen it\u2019s time for prayer we say, am I clean?\u201d explains Imam Talib Shareef of the Masjid Muhammad Mosque in Washington, DC. The ritual ablution a Muslim performs before prayer, he says, starts with intentions: \u201cI intend to make the ablution for preparation to stand in obedience before my Lord.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":29078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-belief-and-practice","faith-muslim"],"yoast_head":"\nFebruary 12, 2016 ~ Wudu: Islamic Washing Before Prayer | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/11\/23\/february-12-2016-wudu-islamic-washing-prayer\/29054\/\" \/>\n<meta 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