Things that make ghusl obligatory
Q: What are the things that make ghusl
obligatory?.
A: Praise be to Allaah.
The things that make ghusl obligatory are six things. If one of
them happens then the Muslim has to do ghusl.
1 - Emission of maniy (semen) from its exit in the
male or female, which happens either when one is awake or when one
is asleep. If it is emitted when one is awake, there is the
condition that one feels pleasure when it is emitted. If it is
emitted without pleasure, then ghusl is not required, such as if it
is emitted as the result of sickness. If it is emitted when one is
asleep, this is what is called ihtilaam (erotic dream) and ghusl is
required in all cases because he was not aware (of whether there
were feelings of pleasure or not) and he may not experience
feelings of pleasure. If a sleeper wakes up and finds traces of
maniy, then he must do ghusl. If he has an erotic dream but no
maniy comes out of him, and he does not find any trace of it, then
he does not have to do ghusl.
2 - Penetration of the penis into the vagina, even
if no ejaculation takes place, because of the hadeeth narrated by
Muslim and others from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him): «When a man sits between
the four parts (arms and legs of his wife) and has intercourse with
her, then ghusl is obligatory», So ghusl is required of both
parties involved by mere virtue of penetration having taken place,
even if no ejaculation takes place, because of this hadeeth and
because there is scholarly consensus on this point.
3 - According to some scholars, ghusl is required
when a kaafir becomes Muslim, because the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) told some of those who became
Muslim to do ghusl. Many scholars think that it is mustahabb, not
obligatory, for a kaafir who becomes Muslim to do ghusl because it
is not narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) told everyone who became Muslim to do that. So it may be
understood that it is mustahabb, so as to reconcile the
evidence.
4 - Death - the deceased person must be washed,
except for the shaheed (martyr) who falls in battle, who is not to
be washed.
5 and 6 - Menses and nifaas (post partum bleeding), because the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: «When your menses ends, then do ghusl and
pray» And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): And
when they have purified themselves" {حَتَّىَ يَطْهُرْنَ} [al-Baqarah
2:222].
Transliteration:Ĥattá Yaţhurna, referring to menses - they should
purify themselves by doing ghusl after their menses ends.
End quote from al-Mulakhkhas al-Fiqhi
by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him).
And Allaah knows best.
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