DESIRABLE ASPECTS OF WUZU
(MUSTAHAB)
1. To face Qiblah
2. To begin from the right
3. To wipe the (masah) nape once
4. Not to take assistance from anyone
5. To sit on a high and clean space
6. To wash all parts further than the prescribed limit
7. To use the right hand when rinsing the inside mouth or
taking to the nose
8. Clean the nose with left hand
9. To recite Bismillah before washing every part of body
washed in wuzu
10. To recite the supplication during wuzu
11. To recite Shahadat, the prophetic supplication and
thereafter surah Al-Qadar, after wuzu
12. To wash the feet with left hand
13. To pray two cycles of prayer in the permissible time
14. To drink left over water from wuzu, while facing Qiblah
and in standing posture
15. Not to shake wet hands
NOTE: Practicing the mustahab acts earns reward but there is
no sin if left out.