Is it correct that after bathing a dead body ,you become napak, is it true that you have to take a bath at once and change your clothes ,before you can do anything
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after bathing a dead body ,you become napak, is it true that you have to take a
bath at once and change your clothes ,before you can do anything
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Answer:
Ghusl after bathing dead
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help
and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5
Surah Maidah verse 6:
6 O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer wash your faces, and
your hands (and arms) to the elbows, rub your heads (with water), and (wash)
your feet to the ankles. If ye are
in a state of ceremonial impurity bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill or on a journey or one of
you cometh from offices of nature or ye have been in contact with women (sexual
intercourse) and ye find no water then take for yourselves clean sand
or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah doth not wish to place you in a
difficulty but to make you clean and to complete His favor to you that ye may
be grateful.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2
Surah Baqarah verse 222:
222 They ask thee concerning women's courses. Say: ‘They are a hurt and a pollution; so
keep away from women in their courses and do not approach them until they are
clean. But when they have purified
themselves ye may approach them in any manner time or place ordained for you by
Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to
Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.’
The acts which make a ‘ghusl’ or a full bath
obligatory for purification are:
- sexual
intercourse
- full
sexual release from one’s private parts
- menstruation
(normal and post-childbirth for women).
The bathing of a dead body does not invalidate or
effect one’s state of purification in any way, and neither of the four major
schools of thought hold it obligatory or necessary for one who has bathed a
dead body to purify himself with a ‘ghusl’ or change his clothes.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due
to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister