The ruling on a woman performing ghusl from janabah without water reaching her hair
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The questioner:
We received a message from Umm Mish'al. She says: As for a woman, O Shaykh, when she performs ghusl from janabah, is it obligatory for her to wash her entire body? And if she washes the body without the hair, such that water does not touch it, does this wudu' suffice?
The Shaykh:
It is wudu', not ghusl.
The presenter:
Ghusl, yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is obligatory to cover the body and the hair with water, and nothing should remain that water does not reach. If something remains that water does not reach, the ghusl is incomplete and invalid. So one must know this. Purity requires that, if it is ghusl, it covers the body, or if it is wudu', it covers the limbs, such that nothing remains that water does not reach. Yes.
We received a message from Umm Mish'al. She says: As for a woman, O Shaykh, when she performs ghusl from janabah, is it obligatory for her to wash her entire body? And if she washes the body without the hair, such that water does not touch it, does this wudu' suffice?
The Shaykh:
It is wudu', not ghusl.
The presenter:
Ghusl, yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is obligatory to cover the body and the hair with water, and nothing should remain that water does not reach. If something remains that water does not reach, the ghusl is incomplete and invalid. So one must know this. Purity requires that, if it is ghusl, it covers the body, or if it is wudu', it covers the limbs, such that nothing remains that water does not reach. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 27 / فتاوى على الهواء - 12 11 1434هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (48:13)
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