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LAWS OF RITUAL IMPURITY (JANĀBAH) → ← LAWS OF JABĪRAH WUḌŪʾ

OBLIGATORY (WĀJIB) RITUAL BATHING (GHUSL)

There are seven obligatory ghusls:

1.
the ghusl for ritual impurity (janābah);

2.
the ghusl for menstruation (ḥayḍ);

3.
the ghusl for lochia[50] (nifās);

4.
the ghusl for irregular blood discharge (istiḥāḍah);

5.
the ghusl for touching a corpse (mass al‑mayyit);

6.
the ghusl given to a corpse (mayyit);

7.
a ghusl that becomes obligatory on account of a vow (nadhr), oath (qasam), or suchlike.

If there is a total solar eclipse or a total lunar eclipse and a mukallaf intentionally (ʿamdan) does not perform the prayer of signs (ṣalāt al‑āyāt) in its prescribed time, then based on obligatory precaution, he must perform ghusl before he makes it up [i.e. when he performs ṣalāt al‑āyāt belatedly (qaḍāʾ), he cannot do so with wuḍūʾ; rather, he must perform ghusl first and then perform the prayer with that ghusl].
LAWS OF RITUAL IMPURITY (JANĀBAH) → ← LAWS OF JABĪRAH WUḌŪʾ
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