Conditions

The conditions of being legally responsible to perform it are the following:

1. Islam
2. Puberty
3. Sanity
4. Termination of menstruation, postnatal bleeding, or the state of ritual impurity
5. Access to and ability to use sufficient purifying water
6. Ability to perform the prayer (ṣalāḥ)
7. The Divine command being directed to the person due to the near expiration of the prayer time

The conditions of the validity of wuḍū’ are the following:

1. That purifying water completely encompass the skin [of those limbs that must be washed; i.e., the obligatory integrals]
2. The removal of anything that blocks water from reaching the surface of the skin
3. The ending of any state that contradicts it [wuḍū’] while washing [i.e., while performing wuḍū’], such as the appearance of urine at the tip of the male organ