Is pouring water over the body without rubbing sufficient for the ghusl of janabah?

Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: When I pour water over my body to perform the ghusl for janabah, is this sufficient, or is the wudu' obligatory?

Answer:
Both purifications are obligatory: the minor, which is wudu', and the major, which is the ghusl. So you perform wudu' first. The sunnah (recommended practice) is that you perform a complete wudu' first, then perform the ghusl after the wudu'; this is better. If you intend with the wudu' that it will count as part of the ghusl, and you perform the ghusl intending thereby to remove the major ritual impurity and intending to remove the minor ritual impurity, then that is sufficient, provided that you cover the entire body and nothing remains that the water does not reach. Yes.