Didn't He SayBefore the first prayer comes a washing. The station files the minor and major purification step by step from the sources — what requires each, what breaks it, and the dry substitute when water is absent — with the wisdom the texts themselves give: half of faith, as the Prophet ﷺ called it.
The Way · Station 2 of 10 · الإسلام — The practice
The Purification
الطهارةWuḍūʼ, ghusl, and tayammum — the state the prayer requires, and how to reach it.
RECORDS BEING FILED
This station is open as a charter — its full records (evidences, how-to, wisdom, common questions) are being filed and will land here in walking order. Hadith citations always carry collection, number, and grading; where scholars differ, the difference is noted — described, never decreed.