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Practical Laws of Islam

    • Rules of Taqlīd
    • Rules on Purity
      • Rules Concerning the Different Types of Water
      • Rules of the Lavatory
      • Rules of Wuḍū’
      • The Rules for Touching the Names of Allah, the Glorious, and the Verses of the Qur’an
      • Rules of the Ghusl of Janābah
      • Rules of an Invalid Ghusl
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        Rules of an Invalid Ghusl
         
        Q 193: Someone reaches the age of shar‘ī puberty but does not know that ghusl is obligatory and how to make it; and in this way he passes about ten years before coming to know about taqlīd and that ghusl is obligatory? What is his duty concerning qaḍā’ of his fasts and prayers?
        A: It is obligatory for him to do qaḍā’ of the prayers offered in the state of janābah. As far as fasting is concerned, then if one doubts as to whether remaining junub invalidates the fast or not and fasts in the state of janābah, his fast, according to the obligatory caution, is void (1) and he must perform its qaḍā’. However, if one is certain that remaining junub will not invalidate the fast and fasts on such grounds, his fast is alright, yet observing caution in doing its qaḍā’ is good.

         

        Q 194: A youth has been masturbating due to ignorance before reaching fourteen and after. As he did not know that discharging semen makes him junub and he is required to do ghusl for praying and fasting, he did not perform the ghusl after the discharge of semen. What is his duty? Is it obligatory for him to perform the ghusls of this period during which he was masturbating and had seminal discharge? Are all his prayers and fasts made during this period and until now invalid and should he repeat them?
        A: A single ghusl of janābah is sufficient for all past discharges of semen. And it is obligatory for him to make qaḍā’ of all prayers he is certain he offered in the state of janābah. As to the fasts, if he did that at the nights of the month of Ramadan while did not know that he was junub, he is not be obligated to make up for these fasts in qaḍā’ and they are ruled as valid. But if he knew that he had had a discharge of semen and had been junub but doubted whether remaining junub invalidates the fast or not and kept fast while being junub, his fast was, according to the obligatory caution, void and he should make up for it in qaḍā’ as well. However, if he was certain that remaining junub does not invalidate the fast and fasted depending on such basis, his fast was alright, yet observing caution in doing its qaḍā’ is good.
         
        Q 195: Someone was junub and performed the ghusl, but his ghusl was incorrect and invalid. What is his duty concerning the prayers that he has offered after such a ghusl if he did not know of its invalidity?
        A: Prayers performed with an invalid ghusl are invalid and it is obligatory to repeat them or do their qaḍā’.
         
        Q 196: I took a bath with the intention of performing an obligatory ghusl, and after leaving the bathroom I doubted whether I observed the order in making ghusl or not. As I thought the mere intention of sequence is sufficient, I did not repeat the ghusl. Now, I wonder if I should perform the qaḍā’ of all the prayers offered thereafter?
        A: As per the given case, you have no duty. Yet, if you become certain that your ghusl was invalid, it is obligatory for you to repeat all the prayers in qaḍā’.
         
        Q 197: I used to do ghusl of janābah in this order: first, the right side of the body, then the head, and thirdly the left side. What is my duty in regard to the prayers I offered and the fasts I kept, taking into consideration that I had dealt with this issue with negligence and did not ask and investigate about it?
        A: ghusl performed in the mentioned manner is invalid and does not remove the state of janābah. Accordingly, the prayers performed with such a ghusl are invalid and making their qaḍā’ is obligatory. As for the fasts, they are considered valid as you believed that ghusl in the said manner was valid and you had not remained junub intentionally.
         
        Q 198: Is it ḥarām for the junub person to recite those Qur’anic chapters with obligatory prostration?
        A: Among the acts prohibited for a junub person is the recitation of these specific verses that require prostration, but it is no problem for him to recite the other verses of the same chapter.

        (1) When the fast is void by obligatory caution, the person is required to keep fasting and to make up for it in qaḍā’ later on.

         

      • Rules of Tayammum
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      • Rules of the Dead
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      • Ruling of Intoxicants
      • Obsession and Its Treatment
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