Let’s Remind Ourselves About Ghusl For Women And Men.
But let me remind you that, the state of janabah renders a person unfit for the performance of ritual duties, such as prayer, until they purify themselves through complete ablution (ghusl) so how then do you you even feel about your salat when you don’t do this knowing very well you had sexual intercourse or just finished menstruating?
I was taught this at a very early age by my Madrasa teacher and dad and I am not shy to say I perform it as and when I have too.
After reading in-depth on it, I felt it’s an opportunity to share with someone who prolly doesn’t know.
Religiously, any person who calls him/ herself a Muslim is not fit to pray unless he/ she performs ghusl otherwise your prayers is null.
Men and women have to make Ghusl (have a bath with the intention of purifying themselves) when they have intercourse, even if there is no ejaculation from both of them or from one of them.
A woman must make Ghusl after becoming pure at the end of menstruation and are required to perform ghusl at the end of their post-childbirth bleeding. If she continues to bleed for more than 39 days then she must perform ghusl at the end of the 40th day.
If there is discharge of semen due to stimulation or because of an erotic dream (wet dream). If a woman finds her self wet due to an erotic dream then Ghusl is obligatory on her because of the hadeeth of Umm Salamah, who reported that Umm Sulaim, the wife of Abu Talha, asked Allah's Messenger (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), saying: "Allaah is not shy when it comes to the truth.
So is it obligatory for a woman to perform ghusl if she has a wet dream (i.e. seminal fluid comes out)? The Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) responded: "Yes, if she sees the fluid." This hadeeth is reported by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim. However, if one has an erotic dream but no wetness is found then ghusl is not obligatory
For the men, after ejaculation which occurred from sexual intercourse or in sleep (even if the semen doesn't come out), the man becomes defiled, and he requires to go through a process of Ghusl Janabat for performing namaz and other acts that require purification (Tahara).
If something liquid comes out of man's penis, and he doesn't know whether it's piss, cum or something else, he needs to understand that semen is the liquid that comes with a sense of lust and with a sharp splash, and then the body becomes powerless. However, if these symptoms are not present or only some of them are, this fluid is not sperm. But for a sick person to be unsanctified only one of these attributes is enough (for example, ejaculation with a sense of desire).
The Ghusl for men and women is essentially same. Women who have braids can do ghusl without having to undo their hair if they are in Jannabah (sexual impurity). However if they are impure due to Menstruation or Nifass (post Natel bleeding ) then they should open their hair before doing ghusl.
Also if the Muslim female is making ghusl after the end of her Menstruation or Nifass (post Natel bleeding ) then after the ghusl, she should take a piece a cloth perfumed with musk and clean the private parts with it thrice.
Thus apart from this there is no difference in the way men and women perform Ghusl.
How to Perform Ghusl
The Complete Ghusl: which is what has been reported in the hadeeth of "Aishah (radyAllaahu anhaa) in Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim, in which she said: "When Allah'ss Messenger (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) would perform ghusl due to Janaabah (sexual impurity), he would begin by washing his hands. Then he would pour water from his right hand to his left and wash his private parts with it (i.e. the left hand). Then he would perform wudoo (ablution). Then he would take water and place his (wet) fingers on the roots off his hair. Then he would pour three handfuls of water over his head. Then he would pour water all over the rest of his body. Then he would wash his feet." This wording is from Muslim. The hadeeth is in Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim from the narration of Maymoonah, (radyAllaahu anhaa).
Furthermore, It is also required to perform ghusl on a Muslim who has died but if the Muslim died in Jihad (i.e as a Shaheed or Martyr) then no qhusl is required.
Before going to Jummah Congregational (Friday Prayer).
Before going to Eid Prayers (Muslim annual feast prayers).
Before undertaking Umrah or Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah).
Upon washing a corpse. (According to many scholars, the performance of Ghusl is preferred for a person who washes a corpse).
When a disbeliever converts to Islam.
Credit: Islamic Learning Foundation
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