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<strong>Worship</strong><br />
(5) Eating camel meat.<br />
(6) Everything that obligates ghusl (the complete washing) also obligates<br />
ablution, such as accepting Islam,<br />
releasing sperm and so forth- except for death which mandates<br />
ghusl only and not ablution.<br />
[(7) A sound sleep. ]<br />
Topic Seven: 6hus/or Complete Washing<br />
The Lexical and Technical Definition of Ghusl<br />
Lexically, ghusl is the water; ghusl is the act; and ghusl is the cleaning<br />
agent.<br />
Technically, it refers to putting water over all of the body, from the<br />
top of the head to the bottom of the feet, with purifying water in the<br />
specified manner. Men and women are the same with respect to ghusl<br />
except that after menses or post-partum bleeding, the woman must<br />
completely remove all of the traces of blood and clean that area with<br />
something that will remove the scent of the blood.<br />
The Acts That Obligate Gbusl<br />
(1) Ejaculation of sperm due to sensual pleasure.<br />
(2) Placing of the man’s sexual organ into the woman’s sexual organ.<br />
(3) If a Muslim dies, ghusl must be made on his body, except in the<br />
case of the one who dies as a martyr on the battlefield.<br />
(4) A non-Muslim becoming Muslim or an apostate repenting.<br />
(5) Menstruation.<br />
(6) Post-partum bleeding.<br />
Acts For Which Ghusl is Recommended<br />
(1) The Friday Prayer.<br />
(2) Upon entering into the inviolable state of the pilgrimage.`