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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.`

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