Al-Ghusl   

(Purification By Bath)

 

Bath or ablution of the whole body is fardh or obligatory when an adult has had sexual intercourse , ommision of semen , noctunal emmision or a wet dream , and also on becoming a Muslim for the first time . For women , also on completion of menstruation or haidh and after child birth or Nifas or the end of the flow of blood . Bath is Sunnah before the Friday congregational prayer .  

Rules and Regulations of Al-Ghusl .

There are three fardh or absolute requirements :

There are five Sunnah of Ghusl :

  The disliked acts or Makroohat-al-Ghusl are :

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Desired Sequence of the Bath.  

  1. Wash both hands upto wrists.
  2. Go to the toilet if required.
  3. Wash clean all private parts.
  4. Perform wudhu.
  5. Wash wet all the body using bits of water and rubbing by hand.
  6. Pour water three times on the head , three times on right shoulder , three times on left shoulder.
  7. Make sure to cleanse the mouth by gargling and the nostrils by rinsing from within or sniffing in the water and blowing out.

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