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Faṭimah: Do all obligatory and recommended (mustaḥab) ghusl suffice for wuḍū?
Mother: All obligatory ghusls, except that which is performed for the medium Istiḥāḍa, and all ghusls which have been proved to be recommended, suffice for wuḍū.
Here are some of the confirmed recommended ghusls:
1. Friday Ghusl: This is one of the highly emphasized recommended acts, and its time is from the Adhān for Fajr prayer until sunset on Friday. If someone is unable to perform this ghusl by sunset on Friday, they can perform it as a make-up (qaḍā) ghusl between sunset on Friday and sunset on Saturday.[1]
2. Ghusl for Eid al-Fiṭr and Eid al-Aḍhā: Its time is from dawn until sunset.
3. Ghusl on the 8th and 9th days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah.
4. Ghusl on the first, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th nights of Ramaḍān.
5. Ghusl before entering the city of Mecca, entering the Kaʿba, visiting the Kaʿba, entering the city of Medina, entering the mosque of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), and for bidding farewell to the Prophet’s grave. Also, ghusl for iḥrām (a state of consecration), shaving the head, and slaughtering an animal.
6. Ghusl before seeking divine guidance (istikhāra).
7. Ghusl for requesting rain (istisqāʾ)[2].
Mother: All obligatory ghusls, except that which is performed for the medium Istiḥāḍa, and all ghusls which have been proved to be recommended, suffice for wuḍū.
Here are some of the confirmed recommended ghusls:
1. Friday Ghusl: This is one of the highly emphasized recommended acts, and its time is from the Adhān for Fajr prayer until sunset on Friday. If someone is unable to perform this ghusl by sunset on Friday, they can perform it as a make-up (qaḍā) ghusl between sunset on Friday and sunset on Saturday.[1]
2. Ghusl for Eid al-Fiṭr and Eid al-Aḍhā: Its time is from dawn until sunset.
3. Ghusl on the 8th and 9th days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah.
4. Ghusl on the first, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th nights of Ramaḍān.
5. Ghusl before entering the city of Mecca, entering the Kaʿba, visiting the Kaʿba, entering the city of Medina, entering the mosque of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), and for bidding farewell to the Prophet’s grave. Also, ghusl for iḥrām (a state of consecration), shaving the head, and slaughtering an animal.
6. Ghusl before seeking divine guidance (istikhāra).
7. Ghusl for requesting rain (istisqāʾ)[2].
[1] Ghusl performed as qaḍā also suffices for wuḍū.
[2] Istisqāʾ (request for rain) is a religious tradition of asking God for rain in certain manners.
