Wudu ( Arabic : Ø Ù Ù Ø Ù Ø al-wu á Å `` ' , Persian : Ø cents Ø Ø Ø Ø Ä bdast , Turkish : abdest , Urdu : Ù Ø Ù wazÅ `` ' ) is the Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water . Wudu ( Arabic : Ø Ù Ù Ø Ù Ø al-wu á Å `` , Chechen Lamaz etsar , Albanian : avdes , Bosnian : abdest , Kurdish : destnivÃ j , Persian : Ø cents Ø Ø Ø Ø Ä bdast , Turkish : abdest , Urdu : Ù Ø Ù wazÅ `` , Somali : weeso ) is the Islamic procedure for washing parts of the body using water often in preparation for formal prayers ( salah ) .