Question:
Assalamualikum!
May I know the importance and significance of taking baya‘ and having wudu? And also what is the benefits of these?
Jazakallah!
Answer:
`Alaykum as-Salam,
On taking bay`a see http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=833&CATE=3.
As for the importance of keeping wudu‘ the early Muslims related and put into practice the report that “the one with purity is like the one fasting” (al-tahir kas-sa’im). See more in the book of Imam al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ `Ulum al-Din entitled The Secrets of Purity (Asrar al-Taharah) which is available in English here: http://www.ghazali.org/works/purity.doc
Hajj Gibril Haddad
