The Obligatory and Recommended Ritual Baths
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The questioner:
There is nothing. Amin. It is a right upon every Muslim to trim his beard every seven days, every seven days, one day and another, and to shorten his hair. It was narrated by the one who said: A chapter on the hadith and its count.
The Shaykh:
It is not obligatory, but it is recommended, like the bath for Friday. It is obligatory upon every person who has reached puberty. What is meant by "obligatory" here is recommended. Likewise, "right" means only emphasizing the recommendation. What is obligatory is only the bath for major ritual impurity. Is the one for whom the bath is obligatory the one with major ritual impurity from menstruation, post-natal bleeding, or sexual intercourse? Major ritual impurity.[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] [Al-Baqarah 2:222] The command regarding graves. So the bath is only obligatory for major ritual impurity, while the rest of the baths are recommended. It has passed you that the bath of a disbeliever when he becomes a Muslim is not obligatory, and that the correct view is that it is not obligatory. The bath on Friday is also not obligatory according to the majority of scholars. These are recommended baths, the bath on the Day of 'Arafah, all of them are recommended baths. There are many recommended baths. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes. Yes.
There is nothing. Amin. It is a right upon every Muslim to trim his beard every seven days, every seven days, one day and another, and to shorten his hair. It was narrated by the one who said: A chapter on the hadith and its count.
The Shaykh:
It is not obligatory, but it is recommended, like the bath for Friday. It is obligatory upon every person who has reached puberty. What is meant by "obligatory" here is recommended. Likewise, "right" means only emphasizing the recommendation. What is obligatory is only the bath for major ritual impurity. Is the one for whom the bath is obligatory the one with major ritual impurity from menstruation, post-natal bleeding, or sexual intercourse? Major ritual impurity.
And if you are in a state of janabah, then purify yourselves
وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُواAnd do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُThe presenter:
Yes. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الغسل وحكم الجنب — islamhouse.com (42:56)
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