Mubalagha (thoroughness in acts of worship and in words)

المُبَالَغَة

Mubalagha, in lexicon, is striving and not falling short, or extravagance ¹. The jurists agree that thoroughness in rinsing the mouth and nose is sunna for one who is not fasting; for the fasting person it is disliked, on the hadith of Laqit ibn Sabra: be thorough in snuffing water unless you are fasting ¹. Most jurists recommend washing more than the obligatory parts in ablution, on the report of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) and the glowing faces and limbs of the community; the Hanbalis mean by thoroughness rubbing the places where water does not settle, the Malikis hold rubbing obligatory ². Most recommend rubbing the heels, and extravagance in washing is disliked ³. The Malikis and Shafi'is recommend raising the voice in the call to prayer without strain; the Hanafis call it sunna and the Hanbalis make it a pillar, raised as far as one can ⁴. On praise, al-Nawawi says the prohibition applies to exaggeration and to someone whom praise may corrupt; praise is not forbidden for a person of settled faith and sense ⁴.