What is your opinion of those who say that a person in a state of major ritual impurity performs dry ablution with clean earth twice, once for the major ritual impurity and once for the ablution for prayer?
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The questioner : ... (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if one is in a state of major ritual impurity, he performs dry ablution with clean earth twice, once for the major ritual impurity and once for the ablution for prayer, and he says, "It does not matter to you which one you start with," in that sense. So what do you say? (may Allah preserve you)
The Shaykh : This is the position of the Dhahiri school. They hold that the full ritual bath alone does not permit him to pray; rather, the ablution for prayer that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform before the full ritual bath is necessary. He considers it part of the completion of the full ritual bath, or rather a condition of it, to perform the ablution for prayer before it. He based this opinion on that.
The student : And so it is.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. And there is an opinion held by some scholars that they actually state the conditionality of the ablution for prayer before the full ritual bath. But when we saw the hadith in Sahih Muslim where he (peace be upon him) answeredThe questioner : regarding the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity, he said: So this is a clear text indicating that he performed it, meaning that it is a recommended practice and does not mean that it is a condition for the validity of the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity.
The student : The last thing... this is a clear text.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : In the end, may Allah preserve you. So this is a clear text, meaning:
The Shaykh : This is a clear text indicating that "the ablution for prayer is not a condition before the full ritual bath," but rather it is a recommended practice, as it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Maymunah and other wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), such as A'ishah, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the ablution for prayer before the full ritual bath.
The Shaykh : This is the position of the Dhahiri school. They hold that the full ritual bath alone does not permit him to pray; rather, the ablution for prayer that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform before the full ritual bath is necessary. He considers it part of the completion of the full ritual bath, or rather a condition of it, to perform the ablution for prayer before it. He based this opinion on that.
The student : And so it is.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. And there is an opinion held by some scholars that they actually state the conditionality of the ablution for prayer before the full ritual bath. But when we saw the hadith in Sahih Muslim where he (peace be upon him) answeredThe questioner : regarding the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity, he said:
As for me, I pour water over my head three times, and when I am pure
أما أنا فأحثي على رأسي ثلاث حثيات فإذا أنا طاهرThe student : The last thing... this is a clear text.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : In the end, may Allah preserve you. So this is a clear text, meaning:
As for me, I pour water over my head
أما أنا فأحثي على رأسيThe Shaykh : This is a clear text indicating that "the ablution for prayer is not a condition before the full ritual bath," but rather it is a recommended practice, as it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Maymunah and other wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), such as A'ishah, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the ablution for prayer before the full ritual bath.
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