The wisdom behind the full ritual bath for semen but not for pre-seminal fluid
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, pre-seminal fluid is ritually impure, and one does not perform the full ritual bath for it, while semen is pure, and one performs the full ritual bath for it. What is the wisdom behind that? May Allah grant you success.
Answer:
Allah knows best, but it appears to me, and Allah knows best, that the wisdom is that a person experiences weakness after the emission of semen because it is a source of strength. Therefore, a person feels fatigue after intercourse, and he becomes weak, so he refreshes himself by performing the full ritual bath. Yes, and it is for the entire body, because desire affects the whole body. The entire body takes pleasure in intercourse through the emission of semen. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, pre-seminal fluid is ritually impure, and one does not perform the full ritual bath for it, while semen is pure, and one performs the full ritual bath for it. What is the wisdom behind that? May Allah grant you success.
Answer:
Allah knows best, but it appears to me, and Allah knows best, that the wisdom is that a person experiences weakness after the emission of semen because it is a source of strength. Therefore, a person feels fatigue after intercourse, and he becomes weak, so he refreshes himself by performing the full ritual bath. Yes, and it is for the entire body, because desire affects the whole body. The entire body takes pleasure in intercourse through the emission of semen. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب موجبات الغسل — islamhouse.com (47:20)
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