The Ritual Bath for Washing a Child or a Miscarried Fetus
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The questioner:
If one bathes a small child, does he have to perform ghusl?
The Shaykh:
The issue is based on the assumption of purity.
The questioner:
O Shaykh, even if it is sound. Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is recommended, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did.
The questioner:
And you drank, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
And the miscarried fetus is covered by the ghusl of the deceased.
The questioner:
Very well. Yes.
The Shaykh:
If one is separated from the one in whom the soul was breathed in the fifth month and thereafter, it is not divided except as to how much soul was breathed in the fifth month and thereafter, yes.
If one bathes a small child, does he have to perform ghusl?
The Shaykh:
The issue is based on the assumption of purity.
The questioner:
O Shaykh, even if it is sound. Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is recommended, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did.
The questioner:
And you drank, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
And the miscarried fetus is covered by the ghusl of the deceased.
The questioner:
Very well. Yes.
The Shaykh:
If one is separated from the one in whom the soul was breathed in the fifth month and thereafter, it is not divided except as to how much soul was breathed in the fifth month and thereafter, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أبواب الأغسال المستحبة — islamhouse.com (16:55)
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