Ablutions

To "perform one's ablutions" is the typical phrase; therefore, I think in your sentence option four is the closest match. You are merely subsituting "our" in the place of "one's" because your subject is "we" so that makes the most sense to me. Option number two probably works as well.

The construction "We Muslims..." is slightly unnatural to my ear. I would probably say, "As Muslims,

KJinCali79 The construction "We Muslims..." is slightly unnatural to my ear. I would probably say, "As Muslims, we perform our ablutions before praying."

Thanks for answering. But I think my sentence is ok. Because when you said this, I asked it in other forums too. They told me that the construction was ok. You can have look at these links:

sb70012In my opinion only 2 is ok and the others are not acceptable. What's your opinion?

I think 2 is probably the best, but 4 is fine, too. I don't really have any objections to 1 or 3 either, so all four are acceptable to my ear.

CJ

sb70012Because when you said this, I asked it in other forums too. They told me that the construction was ok. You can have look at these links:

I don't think it's a good idea to advertize that you have found different answers elsewhere. It makes it look like you're interested in "proving someone wrong". If I were you, I might look for alternate answers, but

Dear Sb 70012,

As you know well, the people who respond here are volunteers, who give up their limited amount of free time to help others.

Please excuse my bluntness but you ought to reread Mr KJin Cali79 posting closely. I don't think that he expressed any opposition to the usage.