Does the practice of Abu Hurayrah indicate the permissibility of delaying the ritual bath?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Does the practice of Abu Hurayrah indicate the permissibility of not hastening to perform the ghusl for major ritual impurity?

Answer:
Yes. It is not obligatory for a person to hasten to perform the ghusl for major ritual impurity; he is permitted to delay it. This is derived from the hadith. It is derived from the hadith that a person is permitted to delay the ghusl for major ritual impurity. You have heard that it is permissible for him to sleep at night while in a state of major ritual impurity; there is no harm in that. Yes.