Taking a bath for cooling off with the intention of ablution
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The honorable Shaykh, he says: A man always, when he takes a bath to cool off, intends with his washing to fulfill the ablution and does not perform the ablution separately. The question is: Does this bath suffice for him in place of the ablution?
The Shaykh:
No, because cooling off is not an act of worship, so the ablution does not apply to it. The ablution requires an intention, it requires a specific order, and it requires continuity. As for cooling off, this is not an act of worship.
The questioner:
And is he required to do anything regarding the past baths if he was ignorant of the legal ruling?
The Shaykh:
If he can determine the prayers he prayed and it is possible for him to make them up, he must make them up. But if it has been a long time and he cannot determine the matters, he is likely excused due to ignorance.
The questioner:
This mentions that it is a mosque.
The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if it is possible for him to pray the congregational prayer correctly, the congregational prayer is valid. As for him, if he can determine the prayers and it is possible to repeat them, he repeats them. But if he cannot determine them, or if they are very numerous and it is difficult for him to repeat them, he is excused due to ignorance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you. The honorable Shaykh, he says: A man always, when he takes a bath to cool off, intends with his washing to fulfill the ablution and does not perform the ablution separately. The question is: Does this bath suffice for him in place of the ablution?
The Shaykh:
No, because cooling off is not an act of worship, so the ablution does not apply to it. The ablution requires an intention, it requires a specific order, and it requires continuity. As for cooling off, this is not an act of worship.
The questioner:
And is he required to do anything regarding the past baths if he was ignorant of the legal ruling?
The Shaykh:
If he can determine the prayers he prayed and it is possible for him to make them up, he must make them up. But if it has been a long time and he cannot determine the matters, he is likely excused due to ignorance.
The questioner:
This mentions that it is a mosque.
The Shaykh:
As we mentioned, if it is possible for him to pray the congregational prayer correctly, the congregational prayer is valid. As for him, if he can determine the prayers and it is possible to repeat them, he repeats them. But if he cannot determine them, or if they are very numerous and it is difficult for him to repeat them, he is excused due to ignorance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 64/شرح القصيدة النونية/قالوا بأن مصاحف الإسلام ما فيها من القرآن/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (1:14:26)
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