SUNNATS IN WUDHU

There are eighteen Sunnats in Wudhu:
1. To wash the hands up to the wrists before washing the face.
2. To recite Bimillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem when commencing.

3. To use Miswaaq at the beginning of the mouthwash (to use the fingers if Miswaaq is not available).
4. To gargle the mouth three times, even if it is with one handful of water.
5. To take water into the nose with three handfuls of water.
6. To gargle and sniff properly for a non-fasting person (i.e. let the water go back of the throat and to the softness of the nose). This has seven Sunnats;
a. Sequence, i.e. – to put water into the nose first.
b. To do every action three times (gargling and sniffing).
c. To use separate water for the above.
d. To use the left palm.
e. To do it properly.
f. To move the water in the mouth and then eject it without drinking it.
g. To clean the nose.
If the above are not done by adhering to the seven Sunnats then the Wudhu will be made according to the Hanafis but the Sunnat will be discarded.
To blow the nose with the left hand is Mustahab but to blow the nose without using the hand is Makrooh for this resembles the behaviour of animals.
7. To make Khilaal of the thick beard (with a handful of water) from the bottom of the beard.
8. To make Khilaal of the fingers by interlacing them and to use the little left-hand finger to rub in between the toes, starting from the right little toe and moving anti clockwise till the left toe of the left foot.
9. To wash those parts which are Farz three times.
10. To make Masah of the whole head once.
11. To make Masah of the ears.
12. Even if it (11) be of the water from the head.
13. To rub and wash one part immediately after the other (i.e. the one part must not dry up while the other is being washed).
14. To make the intention – if drenched by rain or by diving in the water (sea, river, etc) then the Wudhu is valid but the Sunnat of the intention will not be gained unless intention is made.
15. To follow the sequence which has been stated in the Kitaab of Allaah, i.e. first the face, then the hands, then the Masah and thereafter the feet.
16. To start every action from the right side.
17. To make Masah of the head, starting from the forehead.
18. To make Masah of the nape (back of the neck).
According to some Ulema, the last four are Mustahab.