The Ruling on Ghusl for Friday and the Two Festivals
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Question:
If I pray the Fajr prayer on the day of the festival or Friday, and after my prayer I perform wudu again and take a ghusl, and then I pray the prayer of preserving wudu, is my action correct? Then I go to the festival prayer, and I sit and read the Qur'an. On Friday, I pray the Duha prayer. Please clarify this for us, may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
This is good. If a person wants to pray the Friday prayer, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for him to take a ghusl. As for the festival prayer, no text has come regarding it, but if he takes a ghusl, there is nothing wrong with it; because it resembles the Friday prayer in that it is a prayer involving gathering. However, the text came specifically for the Friday prayer. It is recommended to take a ghusl and perform wudu for it. It is better to be in a state of wudu when reading the Qur'an, but wudu is not obligatory unless he is reading from the mushaf. If he is reading from memory, wudu is not obligatory for him. He may read even if he is in a state of minor ritual impurity, as long as he is not in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah). As for the one in a state of major ritual impurity, he does not read until he takes a ghusl.
The point of this is: that reading while in a state of purity is better and more preferable, but it is not obligatory unless he is reading from the mushaf. If he is reading from memory, there is no blame on him if he reads while not in a state of purity, except if he is in a state of major ritual impurity, in which case he is not allowed to read until he takes a ghusl. As for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, the scholars differed—may Allah have mercy on them—whether they are like the one in a state of major ritual impurity or not?
The correct view is that they are not like the one in a state of major ritual impurity; because their duration is long. So the closest view, and the most apparent, is that they are allowed to read from memory, not from the mushaf; in order to preserve the time, and out of eagerness for the great benefit of reading the Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
If I pray the Fajr prayer on the day of the festival or Friday, and after my prayer I perform wudu again and take a ghusl, and then I pray the prayer of preserving wudu, is my action correct? Then I go to the festival prayer, and I sit and read the Qur'an. On Friday, I pray the Duha prayer. Please clarify this for us, may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
This is good. If a person wants to pray the Friday prayer, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for him to take a ghusl. As for the festival prayer, no text has come regarding it, but if he takes a ghusl, there is nothing wrong with it; because it resembles the Friday prayer in that it is a prayer involving gathering. However, the text came specifically for the Friday prayer. It is recommended to take a ghusl and perform wudu for it. It is better to be in a state of wudu when reading the Qur'an, but wudu is not obligatory unless he is reading from the mushaf. If he is reading from memory, wudu is not obligatory for him. He may read even if he is in a state of minor ritual impurity, as long as he is not in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah). As for the one in a state of major ritual impurity, he does not read until he takes a ghusl.
The point of this is: that reading while in a state of purity is better and more preferable, but it is not obligatory unless he is reading from the mushaf. If he is reading from memory, there is no blame on him if he reads while not in a state of purity, except if he is in a state of major ritual impurity, in which case he is not allowed to read until he takes a ghusl. As for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, the scholars differed—may Allah have mercy on them—whether they are like the one in a state of major ritual impurity or not?
The correct view is that they are not like the one in a state of major ritual impurity; because their duration is long. So the closest view, and the most apparent, is that they are allowed to read from memory, not from the mushaf; in order to preserve the time, and out of eagerness for the great benefit of reading the Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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