The Bath of a Disbeliever When He Converts to Islam
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Question:
If you are preserved by Allah, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is ghusl (full ritual bath) for disbelievers or for a disbeliever?
Answer:
Ghusl (full ritual bath) is a recommended practice (sunnah). Some scholars have made it obligatory, but the correct view is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order those who embraced Islam in the Year of the Conquest to do so. If it had been obligatory, he would have ordered them to do it. He only ordered Qays ibn 'Asim to do it, which indicates that it is merely recommended. Similarly, Thumamah did it when he wanted to embrace Islam; he performed ghusl (full ritual bath) and then came and embraced Islam.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and may He benefit Islam through you.
If you are preserved by Allah, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is ghusl (full ritual bath) for disbelievers or for a disbeliever?
Answer:
Ghusl (full ritual bath) is a recommended practice (sunnah). Some scholars have made it obligatory, but the correct view is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order those who embraced Islam in the Year of the Conquest to do so. If it had been obligatory, he would have ordered them to do it. He only ordered Qays ibn 'Asim to do it, which indicates that it is merely recommended. Similarly, Thumamah did it when he wanted to embrace Islam; he performed ghusl (full ritual bath) and then came and embraced Islam.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and may He benefit Islam through you.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (27:07)
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