Hanafi position: continuity is a sunnah. An interruption does not invalidate wudu if all required acts are eventually completed.
Imam Malik’s position: continuity is obligatory, so an unjustified break affecting the required succession matters for validity. The disagreement concerns the necessity of uninterrupted performance, not the identity of the obligatory limbs.
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Recommended Acts of Wudu and Juristic Differences
Hanafi position: continuity is a sunnah. An interruption does not invalidate wudu if all required acts are eventually completed.
Imam Malik’s position: continuity is obligatory, so an unjustified break affecting the required succession matters for validity. The disagreement concerns the necessity of uninterrupted performance, not the identity of the obligatory limbs.