Question 483: If someone is performing the ghusl of Friday and the time for the Dhuhr prayer arrives and the rest of his ghusl is performed after the solar zenith, does he have to repeat the ghusl?
Answer
✅ Answer: Pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه فِي الرَّجُلِ لَا يَغْتَسِلُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ قَالَ يَقْضِيهِ مِنْ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيَقْضِهِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 113
Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, regarding a person who does not perform ghusl on Friday at the beginning of the day, said: He should perform it as qada (missed) at the end of the day, and if he cannot, he should perform it as qada on Saturday.
2 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَاتَهُ الْغُسْلُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ- قَالَ يَغْتَسِلُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنْ فَاتَهُ اغْتَسَلَ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 113
Abdullah ibn Bukayr said: I asked Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, about a person who misses the ghusl of Friday; the Imam said: He should perform ghusl from that time until the night, and if he misses it again, he should perform it as qada on Saturday.
✅ According to some narrations and the evidence in the two above narrations, the time for the ghusl of Friday is from the dawn of Friday until the solar zenith. And according to the two above narrations, if a person does not perform ghusl at the beginning of the day, i.e., from dawn until noon, he should perform ghusl at the end of the day, i.e., until the night.
Now, regarding the question mentioned, where the solar zenith occurs while performing the ghusl of Friday and a part of the ghusl is performed after the zenith, the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, have not placed any obligation on us, whether it be qada or repetition or anything else, and there is no reason to repeat the ghusl.
✅ Pay attention to the following narration:
3 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الرَّضِيُّ الْمُوسَوِيُّ فِي نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَرَائِضَ فَلَا تُضَيِّعُوهَا وَ حَدَّ لَكُمْ حُدُوداً فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا وَ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ فَلَا تَنْتَهِكُوهَا وَ سَكَتَ لَكُمْ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ وَ لَمْ يَدَعْهَا نِسْيَاناً فَلَا تَتَكَلَّفُوهَا.
📚 Nahj al-Balaghah, 3, 174
Amir al-Mu'minin Ali, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, Allah has made some duties obligatory upon you, so do not neglect them, and He has set limits for you, so do not transgress them, and He has forbidden you from some things, so do not violate their sanctity, and He has been silent about some things and has not abandoned them out of forgetfulness, so do not unnecessarily place obligations upon yourselves regarding them!
✅ So, since the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, have not placed an obligation on us in this matter and have been silent, we should not unnecessarily place an obligation upon ourselves.