The Chapter on the Full Ritual Bath and the Ruling on Major Ritual Impurity
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The Shaykh : Then we take the new lesson, if Allah wills: He said: "The Chapter on the Full Ritual Bath and the Ruling on Major Ritual Impurity":
The word *ghusl* is said with a dammah, with a fathah, and with a kasrah. Are these dialects, or does each vowel have a distinct meaning?
The most apparent view is that each vowel has a distinct meaning:
First: *Ghasl* (with fathah) means purification. This is why we say: "He washed his garment of the impurity with a *ghasl*."
Second: *Ghusl* (with dammah) means using water, meaning: taking a bath, using water in a specific manner is called *ghusl*, meaning: taking a bath.
*Ghisl* (with kasrah): What is mixed with water, such as soap or the like, to complete the bath or to complete the cleaning is called *ghisl* with a kasrah.
So how many vowels are there?
Three, and the meanings differ.
Some linguists have said that the matter is broad in this regard and that it is permissible to use *ghasl* and *ghusl* equally for the action or for the bath.
As for *junub*: The *junub* is anyone who has intercourse or emits semen; he is called *junub*. Its origin is one who has turned away from the place of water, and this occurs by emission in an apparent manner and by intercourse, because it is its cause.
The word *ghusl* is said with a dammah, with a fathah, and with a kasrah. Are these dialects, or does each vowel have a distinct meaning?
The most apparent view is that each vowel has a distinct meaning:
First: *Ghasl* (with fathah) means purification. This is why we say: "He washed his garment of the impurity with a *ghasl*."
Second: *Ghusl* (with dammah) means using water, meaning: taking a bath, using water in a specific manner is called *ghusl*, meaning: taking a bath.
*Ghisl* (with kasrah): What is mixed with water, such as soap or the like, to complete the bath or to complete the cleaning is called *ghisl* with a kasrah.
So how many vowels are there?
Three, and the meanings differ.
Some linguists have said that the matter is broad in this regard and that it is permissible to use *ghasl* and *ghusl* equally for the action or for the bath.
As for *junub*: The *junub* is anyone who has intercourse or emits semen; he is called *junub*. Its origin is one who has turned away from the place of water, and this occurs by emission in an apparent manner and by intercourse, because it is its cause.