If a recommended ritual bath and an obligatory ritual bath coincide, is it better to perform two ritual baths?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if we say he should perform a bath for each one, as we said regarding the recommended bath and the obligatory bath?
The Shaykh : I do not know of anyone who has said that.
The questioner : Well, you said, Shaykh, that it is better to perform two baths, the recommended one and the obligatory one. Is it not even more preferable to perform two baths?
The Shaykh : No, because the obligatory is one type, whereas the recommended and the obligatory are two types. This is the difference between them.
The questioner : Well, would it not be more complete if he performs the bath for the obligatory and intends it to cover the recommended?
The Shaykh : In what case?
The questioner : In the case where, for example, a recommended bath and an obligatory bath coincide, such as the Friday bath and the bath for major ritual impurity, meaning?
The Shaykh : In reality, the jurists say that if he intends the obligatory, it suffices for the recommended. However, they say that if he performs both acts and bathes twice, that is better, because he has performed two acts and two baths.
The questioner : It may be that doing less work is better.
The Shaykh : They say, for example, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the bath on Friday, so he bathed on Friday, and Allah commanded the bath for major ritual impurity, so he bathed for major ritual impurity. Yes.
The Shaykh : I do not know of anyone who has said that.
The questioner : Well, you said, Shaykh, that it is better to perform two baths, the recommended one and the obligatory one. Is it not even more preferable to perform two baths?
The Shaykh : No, because the obligatory is one type, whereas the recommended and the obligatory are two types. This is the difference between them.
The questioner : Well, would it not be more complete if he performs the bath for the obligatory and intends it to cover the recommended?
The Shaykh : In what case?
The questioner : In the case where, for example, a recommended bath and an obligatory bath coincide, such as the Friday bath and the bath for major ritual impurity, meaning?
The Shaykh : In reality, the jurists say that if he intends the obligatory, it suffices for the recommended. However, they say that if he performs both acts and bathes twice, that is better, because he has performed two acts and two baths.
The questioner : It may be that doing less work is better.
The Shaykh : They say, for example, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the bath on Friday, so he bathed on Friday, and Allah commanded the bath for major ritual impurity, so he bathed for major ritual impurity. Yes.