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Cautions for both Man and Woman during Ghusl
1. If a man's hair is braided, it is
Farḍ to wash these hair from roots up to the tips having un-braid them.
2. Women only need to wash the roots,
it is not essential for them to undo their braids. However, if the hair is
braided so tightly that water cannot reach the roots, it is essential to undo
braids.
3. If the hole of the pierced nose or
ears is not closed, it is obligatory to pass water through the hole. During
Wuḍū, flowing water through the hole of the nose only is needed but during
Ghusl it must flow through the holes of both the nose and ears.
4. Every single hair of the eyebrows,
moustache and beard must be washed from root to tip and the skin beneath them
must also be washed.
5. Wash all parts of the ear and the
mouth of the ear canal.
6. The hair behind the ears will have
to be lifted in order to wash the back of the ears.
7. The joint between the chin and the
throat will not be washed unless you lift your head upwards.
8. The arms will have to be lifted
properly in order to wash the armpits.
9. Wash all sides of the arms.
10. Wash every part of the entire back.
11. Lift the folds of the belly in order
to wash it properly.
12. Pour water into your navel. If you
suspect that the navel has not been washed properly, then insert a finger
inside it and wash.
13. Wash every down of the body from
root to tip.
14. Wash the fold between the thigh and
the area beneath the navel.
15. If you are performing Ghusl in a
sitting position, you must remember to wash the fold between thigh and shin.
16. Wash the part where both buttocks
join, especially when performing Ghusl in a standing position.
17. Pass water on all sides of the
thighs
18. Pass water on all sides of the
shins.
19. Pass water on lower side of the
penis and testicles up to the end.
20. Pass water on surface beneath the
testicles up to the end.
21. An uncircumcised man should lift, if
possible, the foreskin and wash penis and make water enter the additional skin.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 317, 318, vol. 1)
Six
Cautions for Women
1. Lift up the sagging breasts and pass
water beneath.
2. Wash the line where the belly and
breasts meet.
3. Wash all external parts of the
vagina (above and below every fold of skin).
4. It is Mustaḥab but not Farḍ to wash
internals of vagina by inserting finger.
5. If a woman is bathing at the
termination of her menses or post-natal bleeding, it is Mustaḥab to clean
traces of blood from within the vagina using some piece of cloth.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 318, vol. 1)
6. It is Farḍ to remove nail polish;
otherwise Ghusl will be invalid. However, there is no harm in henna colour.
Bandage
of Wound
If a bandage is wrapped over a wound
and opening the bandage is harmful for the wound, just wiping over the bandage
will be sufficient in this case. Likewise, if washing an organ may cause harm
to a wound inflicted on some part of that organ, wiping instead of washing is
sufficient. The bandage must not cover excessive area of the organ uselessly,
otherwise wiping will not be sufficient. If it is not possible to wrap the
bandage on injury without covering additional and unwounded
areas of the organ e.g. if the wound
is on the upper surface of the arm but the bandage has to be wrapped around the
arm covering unwounded areas as well, then if it is possible to uncover the
unwounded part, it is Farḍ to wash that part after uncovering it, but if it is
impossible or although opening the bandage is possible, he would not be able to
fasten the bandage again like before giving rise to the danger of harm to the
injury, it is sufficient to wipe the whole bandage in this case. The unwounded
part under the bandage will also be exempted of washing.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 318, vol. 1)
Ghusl
will become Farḍ in Following Five Conditions
1. Discharge of semen from its organ
after leaving its origin due to lust.
2. Nocturnal emission (ejaculation of
semen during sleep).
3. Entrance of the head of the man's
penis into the woman's vagina regardless of whether or not this happens in a
state of lust and whether or not ejaculation takes place; both of them will
have to perform Ghusl.
4. After the termination of menses
(Ḥaiḍ).
5. After the termination of post-natal
bleeding (Nifās).
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 321, 232, 324, vol. 1)
Most of the women are under the
impression that a woman is considered impure after childbirth for a definite
period of 40 days, this is absolutely incorrect. Please read the following
explanation of Nifās (post-natal bleeding):
Necessary
Explanation of Post-Natal Bleeding
The blood that is discharged after
childbirth is called 'Nifās.' The maximum duration for Nifās is forty days. If
bleeding continues even after forty days, it is the indication of a disease and
woman should perform Ghusl at the end of 40th day. If the bleeding stops before
40 days, or even just a minute after the delivery, she has to perform Ghusl on
the termination of bleeding and start Ṣalāĥ and fasting. If bleeding restarted
within 40 days, all the days from delivery to the ending of bleeding will be
counted for Nifās. For example, bleeding stopped two minutes after the delivery
and woman started Ṣalāĥ and fasting after performing Ghusl; but bleeding
started again just two minutes before the completion of forty days, all the 40
days will be counted in Nifās i.e. Ṣalāĥ and fasting of these days became null
and void. Even Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ and/or Qaḍā fasting offered in this duration will
have to be repeated.
(Fatāwā Raḍawiyyaĥ (Jad īd), pp. 354, 356, vol. 4)
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