Religious Studies GCSE
Purity and preparation
What Purity and preparation means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Formal worship requires physical and spiritual purity, achieved through Wudu, the ritual washing performed before prayer.
Topics that use Purity and preparation
- Islam - 3.1.5.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
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