The Order of Ablution and the Full Ritual Bath in the Case of Major Ritual Impurity

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Major ritual impurity requires the full ritual bath. Is the ablution before the full ritual bath or after it?

The Shaykh:
In the case of which impurity?

The questioner:
Major ritual impurity requires the full ritual bath. So what about the ablution?

The Shaykh:
And what else?

The questioner:
It is a requirement, and the full ritual bath is among them.

The Shaykh:
Yes, it means it obligates the full ritual bath. It obligates the full ritual bath; major ritual impurity obligates the full ritual bath, so the full ritual bath is required of it.

The questioner:
So is the ablution before the full ritual bath or after it?

The Shaykh:
Major ritual impurity obligates the full ritual bath, it obligates the full ritual bath and it obligates the ablution. Everything that obligates the full ritual bath obligates the ablution. One starts with the ablution. The Sunnah (recommended practice) is that one starts with the ablution and then performs the full ritual bath. This is the Sunnah, and it is the recommended thing.