Hanafi position: intention is not a condition for the legal validity of wudu; washing and wiping the required parts suffices for purification, though devotional merit depends on intention.
Shafi‘i position: intention is a condition because wudu is treated as an act of worship. The disagreement concerns the status of intention for the validity of wudu, not the physical application of water.
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Recommended Acts of Wudu and Juristic Differences
Hanafi position: intention is not a condition for the legal validity of wudu; washing and wiping the required parts suffices for purification, though devotional merit depends on intention.
Shafi‘i position: intention is a condition because wudu is treated as an act of worship. The disagreement concerns the status of intention for the validity of wudu, not the physical application of water.