THE BATH (GHusl)

THE BATH (GHusl)

Q.   What is the way to secure cleanness of the body from the Major Uncleanness (Hadath Akbar or Janabah)?

·        One can secure cleanness of the body from the Major Uncleanness (Hadath Akbar or Janabath) by undertaking bath.

Q.   What is bath?

·        To bathe means to wash the body. But Islam stipulates a particular way for the performance of bath.

Q.   What is the particular way to perform bath?

·        The method stipulated for bath is: first to wash one’s hands including the wrist joints, then to wash the secret parts and wash off the Major Uncleanness, if any, from the body, then to perform ablution, then to rub the whole of the body with sufficient quantity of water, then to pour water over the body three times, then to rinse the mouth and pass water into the nostrils.

Q.   How many commanded items (Fara’id) are there in bath?

·        There are three obligatories in bath:

(1)   Rinsing the mouth;

(2)   Passing water into nostrils, and

(3)   Pouring water all over the body.

Q.   How many Prophet’s precepts (Sun-nahs) are there in bath?

·        There are five Sun-nahs in bath:

(1)   Washing the hands including wrist joints;

(2)   Washing secret parts as well as the part of the body that is unclean;

(3)   Having the intention to remove uncleanness;

(4)   Performing ablution, and

(5)   Pouring water thrice all over the body.