Posts Tagged "ghusl"

Do braces prevent the validity of ghusl

Posted by Shafiifiqh.com on Dec 30, 2011 in Featured, Taharah | 2 comments

Question:

Asslamu alaikum, recently I have put dental braces on my teeth with clips glued to my teeth. Is my obligatory ghusl valid with this?

Answer:

Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,

A valid ritual bath [ghusl] is: 1) the intention and 2) bathing the entire [outer] body. Washing the mouth is not obligatory. (Mughni al-Muhtaj v. 1, p. 219; Nihayat al-Muhtaj v. 1, p. 225) Therefore, wearing braces would not affect the validity of one’s ghusl.

And Allah knows best.

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A Man Washing His Wife's Deceased Body for Janazah

Posted by Shafiifiqh.com on Oct 28, 2011 in Featured, Jana'iz and Janazah, Taharah | 2 comments

Assalamu Alikum Sheikh,

If husband is Ghair Mahram [i.e. here a marriageable mahram] to his wife how can the husband perform the ritual bath (ghusl) to his dead wife, will it not nullify the wudhu of the deceased wife?

Jazakallah

From: Columbo, Sri Lanka

Wa’alaykum Salam wa Rahmatullah,

It is permissible for a husband to perform the ghusl/bath of his dead wife. [Nihayat Al-Muhtaj ila Sharhil Minhaj Vol. 2 page 449 of Shams-ud-din Muhammad ibn Abil - 'Abbas, also Al-Majmu' of Imam An-Nawawi Vol 6 page 200, and elsewhere.]

Regarding the wudu’ of the deceased wife, then it will not be nullified, and therefore it will remain valid. [Rawdat At Talibin Vol. 2 page 102 of An-Nawawi].

Allah Knows Best!

Shafi’i Fiqh Fatwa Dept.

Does Wearing a Condom Prevent the Obligation of Ghusl?

Posted by Shafiifiqh.com on Feb 25, 2010 in Featured, Taharah | 4 comments

Question

As-Salamu ‘alaykum. I have come across a variety of verdicts from Hanafis and Hanbalis regarding whether ‘sexual  intercourse’ using a condom requires ghusl (that is if stopped before ejaculation). The issue seems to revolve around the question of whether the condom acts as a barrier preventing full intercourse. I wanted to know what the Shafi’i stance on this issue is.

Answer:

It is common belief that the condom is a creation of the 19th century. This belief is somewhat inaccurate. In his treatise on syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease), the 16^th century Italian anatomist, Falloppio, provides the earliest description of condom use. Wikipedia has his description as:

… linen sheaths soaked in a chemical solution and allowed to dry before use. The cloths he described were sized to cover the glans of the penis, and were held on with a ribbon.

With the usage of fabric condoms as early as the 16^th century, it was thus not strange to find our jurists discussing whether or not gusl will be required for one who wraps his genitals in a cloth before insertion. Imam Nawawi in as early as the 13^th century discusses the issue in his monumental work Rawdah at-Talibin. After mentioning the divergent opinions of the Ashab he states that the preponderant view is that gusl will become compulsory. Accordingly, ibn Hajar, 3 centuries later, writes in his Tuhfah:

… أو الذكر عليه خرقة كثيفة، بل ولو كان في قصبة

[Ghusl becomes compulsory when the head of the penis enters the vagina of a lady] even if the penis is covered in a thick cloth. In fact [Gusl will also be compulsory] even if the penis is covered in a pipe (qasbah).

In conclusion, the Shafi‘ī position vis-á-vis intercourse with condoms is that gusl will become compulsory.

And Allah knows best

Fatwa by Shaykh Abdurrahman Khan

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