Question 715: If an 'hadath' (minor ritual impurity) occurs from a person during the 'ghusl al-janabah' (ritual bath of major impurity) (for example, wind is released), what is his duty?

236 13 Feb 2021
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✅ Answer: The following narration has been reported in this regard:

1 رَوَى السَّيِّدُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمُوسَوِيُّ الْعَامِلِيُّ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَدَارِكِ نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ عَرْضِ الْمَجَالِسِ لِلصَّدُوقِ بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِتَبْعِيضِ الْغُسْلِ تَغْسِلُ يَدَكَ وَ فَرْجَكَ وَ رَأْسَكَ وَ تُؤَخِّرُ غَسْلَ جَسَدِكَ إِلَى وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ تَغْسِلُ جَسَدَكَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ أَحْدَثْتَ حَدَثاً مِنْ بَوْلٍ أَوْ غَائِطٍ أَوْ رِيحٍ أَوْ مَنِيٍّ بَعْدَ مَا غَسَلْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَغْسِلَ جَسَدَكَ فَأَعِدِ الْغُسْلَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ.

📚 Al-Madarik, p. 59.

Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: There is no problem with dividing the ghusl, in this way that you wash your hands, private parts, and head, and you delay washing your body until the time of prayer, and then you wash your body whenever you want.

So if after you have washed your head, and before you wash your body, a hadath from urine, or feces, or wind, or semen is released from you, then repeat the ghusl from the beginning.

✅ The above matter is also narrated in the book 📚 Hidayah of Sheikh Saduq, p. 424, and in 📚 Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih, vol. 1, p. 48, from the letter of his father.

✅ The apparent meaning of the above narration is the occurrence of a hadath during the ghusl, which if it happens, the ghusl must be repeated from the beginning.

✅ If someone disputes that the ruling to repeat the ghusl might only be in the case of a divided ghusl, the answer is that even with the acceptance of this possibility, due to the absence of another narration, there is no choice but to be cautious, and caution in this case requires that the ghusl be repeated, and its result does not differ from the duty mentioned in the narration.

✅ We hold on to these existing narrations, and to reach more knowledge and jurisprudence, we await the advent of Baqiyat Allah, peace be upon him, and to reach that day as soon as possible, we frequently and continuously say:

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ