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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a person in a state of major ritual impurity washing his head and then the rest of his body

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Question : She says: We have heard from some students of knowledge that a person in a state of major ritual impurity, if he washes only his head and then sleeps until morning, and when he gets up he washes the rest of his body without his head, that this is permissible for him. Is this correct?

Answer : As for what you have heard, we do not know whether it is correct or not. As for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he washed his head and his body at the same time. And Allah the Exalted said:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent patternلَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ
[Al-Ahzab 33:21]
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 252 - 332 سمعنا من طلبة العلم أن الجنب إذا غسل رأسه ثم نام حتى الصباح فإذا قام غسل باقي جسده دون...؟ — youtube.com

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