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AOL i have question regarding to ghusal i want to ask that if some1 has perform se with his wife or after itlam or what ever the case is it is necessary to take ghusal if some1 takes a complete bath but doesnot perform ghusal. complete bath means like to take a shower and clean your body completly but not ghusal is he allowed to perform namaz or touch the quran and other things which are necessary to do after ghusal. i have heared that if som1 doesnot perform ghusal after the conditions which are necesssary he canot perform namaz is that true plz tell m iam waitng for your answer. one thing more can you tell me if some says to me that i asked the authentic site what will be the proof that this site is a authentic one and can u give me the name of some more authentic sites available on net where i can ask question

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Full bath ghusl

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.

Your Question: i have question regarding to ghusal i want to ask that if some1 has perform se with his wife or after itlam or what ever the case is it is necessary to take ghusal

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 5:

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 (post menstruation, post sexual intercourse, etc.) 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 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.

If one is in the state of major impurity like menstruation, post sexual intercourse, post wet-dream, post full sexual discharge, post child-birth, etc., and wishes to purify oneself and make themselves available for prayer….it is absolutely obligatory that one perform the ‘ghusl’ or full bath of purification before one makes themselves available for prayer.

Your Question: if some1 takes a complete bath but doesnot perform ghusal. complete bath means like to take a shower and clean your body completly but not ghusal is he allowed to perform namaz or touch the quran and other things which are necessary to do after ghusal.

Provided the intention of the one taking the full-bath or shower (whereby water reaches every single part of his body without exception) is to purify oneself from the ceremonial impurity….it would suffice as a ‘ghusl’ or full bath of purification, and one can make themselves available for prayer or any rite of ceremonial worship after their shower or bath.

The only slight difference between a normal full shower or bath and the Sunnah ‘ghusl’ is that the Messenger of Allah (saws), after making intention in his heart to purify himself from the ceremonial impurity, would make a ‘wudu’ or ablution before taking the full-bath.

If for any reason one does not perform the wudu before the shower or full-bath, but the intention for taking the shower or full-bath was to purify themselves from ceremonial impurity in preparation to make themselves available for worship….such a shower or full-bath would suffice and one need not perform the ‘ghusl’ again.

Your Statement: i have heared that if som1 doesnot perform ghusal after the conditions which are necesssary he canot perform namaz

What is of absolute and paramount importance is that the intention of the person who takes the shower or bath is to purify himself/herself from ceremonial impurity; if that is their intention, then their shower or bath would constitute a ‘ghusl’ and they may make themselves available for worship after their shower.

Your Question: one thing more can you tell me if some says to me that i asked the authentic site what will be the proof that this site is a authentic one

Dear and beloved brother, it is only obvious and natural that every moderator of every belief will claim that their site is authentic….thus it is upto the reader to make sure that the guidance or opinion given is in absolute accordance with the guidance of the Quran and the authentic and established Sunnah.

Any article or answer which is based on the guidance of the Quran and the established Sunnah may be accepted as authentic. If one has any doubt in one’s mind or is not satisfied with the evidence provided from the Quran and Sunnah, it would be prudent to double-check the answer with a reputed scholar.

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