How Many Kinds of Wudus are there?

                                               

                                                 
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                                            How Many Kinds of Wudus are there?
There are three kinds of wudus in terms of religious properties:
1 - Wudus that are fard,
2 - Wudus that are wajib,
3 - Wudus that are mandub.

Wudus that are Fard:
It is fard to make wudu for a person who has no wudu if he wants to perform a prayer, whether it is a supererogatory prayer or a janazah prayer.
It is also necessary to have wudu to perform a tilawah sajdah and to touch the Quran.

Wudus that are Wajib:
It is wajib to have wudu to circumambulate the Kaaba. If Kaaba is circumambulated without wudu, the circumambulation is valid but it becomes necessary to sacrifice an animal or to give sadaqah based the kind of circumambulation since a wajib is abandoned.
It is wajib to make wudu to touch tafsir books in order to show respect to the Quran.

Wudus that are Mandub:
It is mandub (mustahab) to make wudu regarding several other issues not mentioned above. Some of them are as follows:
* It is mandub to make wudu to hold religious books like fiqh, hadith, aqaid. Wudu is made to read these books in order to show respect to religious sciences.
Salaf scholars were very careful about this issue. Imam Hulwani said, "We attained this level in science due to the respect we showed to science. I never held any paper without wudu."
Imam Sarakhsi suffered from an intestine illness one night. He said, "I made wudu seventeen times that night in order to continue my scholarly study."
* It is mandub to make wudu before going to bed.
* To make wudu after getting up.
* To make wudu in order to have wudu all the time.
* To make wudu though one has wudu.
* To make wudu after accidental backbiting, lies, gossip and cursing.
* To make wudu after laughing aloud.
* To make wudu in order to eliminate one's fury.
The Prophet stated the following regarding the issue:
"Fury is of Satan. Satan was created out of fire. Only water can extinguish a fire. Thus, if any of you gets furious, he should make wudu."
* To make wudu in order to read the Quran out of memory.
* To make wudu in order to read and narrate hadiths.
* To make wudu in order to read or teach a religious subject.
* To make wudu in order to stand in Arafat and make sa'y between Safa and Marwa.
* To make wudu in order to get rid of the controversial issues like whether touching a woman invalidates wudu or not.
* To make wudu in order to wash a dead body and take part in funeral.