That ritual using this substance, which has major and minor forms called ghusl and wuḍū' respectively, must be completed by Muslims before they can perform ṣalāt, or prayer.
To prepare a ritual offering to this substance, milk, pomegranate leaves, and the twigs of the haoma plant are pounded together in a mortar. That ritual offering, parahaoma, is a libation to Aban, the divinity of this substance, during the Ab-Zohr, the culminating act of the yasna. During the Asperges, a type of this substance is distributed to congregations using a mace-like rod. When this substance is replaced with (*) sand or another form of earth, a ritual that involves this substance is known as tayammum. That ritual using this substance, which has major and minor forms called ghusl and wuḍū' respectively, must be completed by Muslims before they can perform ṣalāt, or prayer. For 10 points, converts to Christianity are immersed in what substance during baptism?
To prepare a ritual offering to this substance, milk, pomegranate leaves, and the twigs of the haoma plant are pounded together in a mortar.
water [accept Aban before it is read]