What is required regarding the specification of intention (*niyyah*) when performing ablution?

Chapter on Tayammum

Al-Mughni

Book of Purification

Book 2 · Issue 2 · Bab 10

Open in Qurani

Primary text

It is necessary to specify what the ablution is for: minor impurity, major impurity, menstruation (*hayd*), or uncleanness (*najasah*). If one intends purification from all of them with a single ablution, it suffices because the act is singular, resembling the purity achieved by water.

Supporting text

If one intends the ablution for only some of the specified states, it suffices only for what was intended and not for the remainder.