What is the ruling of washing the nose in wudu?

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What is the ruling of washing the nose in wudu?

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

Washing the nostrils in wudu is an emphasized sunna. [Shurunbulali, Maraqi al -Falah]

For this reason, omitting washing the nostrils in wudu does not affect the validity of the wudu.

Note that you do not have to breathe in the water. [Tahtawi,Shurunbulali; Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]

You can merely cup some water in your hand and dip your nose therein. If even doing this causes you undue hardship, you may leave it.

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[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

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Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he then completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.