مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٤٩ - ABLUTIONS

ABLUTIONS

٢٤٢. In ablutions it is obligatory that the face and hands are washed, and wiping (Masah) of the front portion of the head and of the upper part of two feet shouldbe performed.
٢٤٣. The length of the face should be washed from the upper part of the forehead where hair grow up to the farthest end of the chin and its breadth should be washedto the extent of the maximum distance between the tips of the thumb and the middle finger. If even an insignificant part of this length and breath is left out of washing, theablutions will be void. Thus, in order to ensure that the prescribed part has been washed, one should also wash the adjacent parts to a small extent.
٢٤٤. If the hands or face of a person are bigger or smaller than usual he should see up to where the people normally wash their faces he too should wash his face tothe same extent. Furthermore, if hair have grown on his forehead or there are no hair on the front part of his head he should wash his forehead as it is usually washed by thepeople.
٢٤٥. If a person considers it probable that there is dirt or something else in the eyebrows and comers of his eyes which does not permit water to reach them and incase this probability is valid in the eyes of the people he should verify the position before performing ablutions and should remove any such thing if it is there.
٢٤٦. If the skin of the face is visible from within the haî one should make the water reach the skin, but if it is not