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The sufficient ghusl
• Having the intention to perform ghusl (which is in the heart and not uttered)
• Say the basmallah (i.e. “Bismillāh”)
• Cover the entire exterior body with water in any manner
• Not required to rinse the mouth and inhale/exhale water from the nose as no evidence to specify this.
Evidence and explanations:
Sahīh al-Bukhārī 54. Abū Dawūd 101, al-Nasā’ī 78. Sūrah al-Māidah:6. Musnad Imām Ahmad 16307, Sahīh al-Jāmi’ of Al-Albānī 4431. Musnad Imām Ahmad 16795. Sahīh Muslim 330.
Sharh Zād al-Mustaqnī’ by Sālih al-Fawzān 1/125. Jāmi al-Turāth of Al-Albānī 1/352-353. Sharh ‘Umdatul-Ahkām of Ahmad al-Najmī 1/92. Sharh al-‘Umdah of Ibn Taymiyyah 1/393-396. Mu’jam Fiqh al-Salaf of al-Kittānī 1/34-35.
The complete ghusl
• Having the intention to perform ghusl (which is in the heart and not uttered)
• Say the basmallah (i.e. “Bismillāh”)
• Begin by washing the hands two or three times
• Pour water with the right hand onto the left and wash the private parts (with the left hand only)
• Strike/rub the hand on the ground or wall two or three times
• Perform wudūʾ as done for prayer including washing the feet. Although one can delay washing the feet until the end.
• Take water and insert fingers into the roots of the hair
• Scoop three handfuls onto the head (begin with right side of the head and then the left)
• Pour water over the rest of the body
• Move away from the bathing place and wash the feet
• Do not perform wudūʾ after ghusl
Evidence and explanations:
Sahīh al-Bukhārī 54, 258, 272,273,274. Sahīh Muslim 267, 316, 317, 318,319, al-Nasā’ī 78,243, Abū Dawūd 101, 250.
Sharh ‘Umdatul-Ahkām of Ahmad al-Najmī 1/90-91, Jāmi Turāth of Al-Albānī 1/349, Nayl al-Awtār of al-Shawkānī 1/399. Sharh al-‘Umdah of Ibn Taymiyyah 1/396-405. Minhatul-A’lām Sharh Bulūgh al-Marām 2/50-51.
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