Basic Purification Surah: Al-Maidah (6)

The verse: "And if you are in a state of janabah (major impurity), then purify yourselves." (Al-Maidah 5:6)

Occasions requiring ghusl (janabah):

1. Sexual intercourse: Penetration even without ejaculation — "purify yourselves" and the hadith: "When the two circumcised parts meet, ghusl becomes obligatory" (Muslim).
2. Ejaculation: With pleasure, whether awake or asleep.
3. Menstruation and postpartum bleeding: After they end — "do not approach them until they are purified" (2:222).
4. Conversion to Islam (majority view): For one who converted while in a state of janabah.
5. Death: Washing the body of a deceased Muslim.

Obligatory elements of ghusl:

• Intention — covering the entire body with water — rinsing the mouth and nose (according to Hanafi and Hanbali schools).

The recommended method (sunnah): "The Prophet washed his hands three times, then washed his private parts, then performed wudu, then poured water over his head three times." (Agreed upon)

Source: Al-Jassas, Ahkam al-Quran (2/401); Al-Mughni (1/192); Al-Nawawi, Al-Majmu (2/148); Ibn Rushd, Bidayat al-Mujtahid (1/48)

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