مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٥٩ - ABLUTIONS

water from above to below so that the water may flow on it. And his ablutions will then be in order. (vii) The seventh condition is that theperson performing ablutions should have sufficient time at his disposal to perform ablutions and to offer prayers.
٢٨٦. In case, time is too short for offering prayers and, if ablutions is performed, the entire prayers or a part of it may be offered after the prescribed time, heshould offer prayers after performing Tayammum (instead of ablutions). In case, however, an equal period of time is required for performing ablutions or Tayammum, he shouldperform ablutions.
٢٨٧. If a person who should perform Tayammum owing to shortage of time for offering a particular prayers performs ablutions to seek Divine pleasure or to carry outsome recommended deed, like reading the holy Quran, his ablutions is in order, but if knowing the orders on the subject, he intentionally performs ablutions to offer thatparticular prayers his ablutions is void.
(viii) The eight condition is that one should perform ablutions with the intention of seeking Divine pleasure i.e. to obey the orders of Allah. In case, therefore, a personperforms ablutions with the intention of comforting his body or for some other purpose the ablutions would be void.
٢٨٨. It is not necessary that one should express the intention of performing ablutions in words or think about it in his mind. It is sufficient that all actsrelating to ablutions should be performed in compliance with the orders of Almighty Allah.
(ix) The ninth condition is that a person should perform ablutions in the prescribed order viz. he should first wash his face, then his right hand and then his left hand andthereafter he should perform wiping of the head and the feet. And in accordance with obligatory precaution, he should perform wiping of the right foot first and of the leftfoot thereafter. If