Is it obligatory for a man who has intercourse with his wife twice in one session to perform one ghusl or two?
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Al-Huwaini: The rest of the question says: If a man has intercourse with his wife twice, is it obligatory for him to perform ghusl twice as well?
The Shaykh : To perform ghusl twice.
Al-Huwaini: In one session.
The Shaykh : I understand what you mean.
Abu Layla : Raise your voice, Abu Ishaq, so that the people can hear...
Al-Huwaini: He says: If a man has intercourse with his wife twice in one session, is it obligatory for him to perform two ghusls?
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory for him to perform more than one ghusl. However, it is recommended (sunnah) for him to perform ghusl after each act of intercourse. So, if he has a wife and, may Allah preserve him, he has the strength to have intercourse with her repeatedly, then whenever he does so, he should perform ghusl. It is reported in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes visit his wives with one ghusl, and sometimes he would perform ghusl after each act of intercourse, saying what means or something similar, meaning I do not recall the exact wording. Yes.
Another questioner : If we make it obligatory for a woman to perform two ghusls for major ritual impurity—a woman who has both janabah (major ritual impurity) and menstruation—we make it obligatory for her to perform two ghusls. So why do we not make it obligatory for a man, if he urinates and then sleeps, for example, or eats camel meat, to count the wudu' (ablution) separately? We would say: You have a wudu' for the camel meat, you have a wudu' for the sleep, and you have a wudu' for...
The Shaykh : Because there was no invalidation in between.
The questioner : This is a major ritual impurity that occurred multiple times, and there was no invalidation in between. So we say: If the impurity is removed, even by one ghusl, is it not prescribed?
The Shaykh : But here the cause of the obligation is different. The cause here is different, unlike eating camel meat or urinating, where the matter only invalidates the wudu'. In that case, the cause is completely different, so the two are not equivalent.
The Shaykh : To perform ghusl twice.
Al-Huwaini: In one session.
The Shaykh : I understand what you mean.
Abu Layla : Raise your voice, Abu Ishaq, so that the people can hear...
Al-Huwaini: He says: If a man has intercourse with his wife twice in one session, is it obligatory for him to perform two ghusls?
The Shaykh : It is not obligatory for him to perform more than one ghusl. However, it is recommended (sunnah) for him to perform ghusl after each act of intercourse. So, if he has a wife and, may Allah preserve him, he has the strength to have intercourse with her repeatedly, then whenever he does so, he should perform ghusl. It is reported in the authentic Sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes visit his wives with one ghusl, and sometimes he would perform ghusl after each act of intercourse, saying what means
Indeed, it is purer
إنه أزكىAnother questioner : If we make it obligatory for a woman to perform two ghusls for major ritual impurity—a woman who has both janabah (major ritual impurity) and menstruation—we make it obligatory for her to perform two ghusls. So why do we not make it obligatory for a man, if he urinates and then sleeps, for example, or eats camel meat, to count the wudu' (ablution) separately? We would say: You have a wudu' for the camel meat, you have a wudu' for the sleep, and you have a wudu' for...
The Shaykh : Because there was no invalidation in between.
The questioner : This is a major ritual impurity that occurred multiple times, and there was no invalidation in between. So we say: If the impurity is removed, even by one ghusl, is it not prescribed?
The Shaykh : But here the cause of the obligation is different. The cause here is different, unlike eating camel meat or urinating, where the matter only invalidates the wudu'. In that case, the cause is completely different, so the two are not equivalent.
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