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Aileen
I only recently found out about the need for ghusl of janabat. I am trying to become a better Muslim and make my faith stronger by performing all the prayers and so on. However, in my life I have committed a lot of sins.
There were a few other occasions under which I had become and unknowingly remained as a junub so when I learnt about the need for ghusl I quickly performed it. However when I made the intention I did not bring to mind all the different sins I had done and make an intention to remove janabat from all those different sins. I just knew in general I had become a junub and made the intention to perform ghusl of janabt and become tahir in general from these sins.
Is my ghusl valid even? I just completed it and sat down and remembered about a specific incident that also made me a junub and had not remembered about it in the shower when i was performing ghusl. But since I had made the intention to perform ghusl of Janabat in general, is this okay now?
Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, Jazakallahu khayran for sharing your issue with us. My sister what we have to realise is that all of our prayers are invalid if we do not perform Ghusl properly.
HERE IS THE METHOD OF GHUSL ACCORDING TO SUNNAH:
Before making Ghusl one should make Niyyah (intention) in one's heart that: -
"I am performing Ghusl so as to become Paak." Without Niyyah, there is no Thawaab (reward) although Ghusl will be valid.
Ghusl should be made in a place of total privacy and one should not face towards the Kiblah while making Ghusl. Ghusl may be performed standing or seated, preferably seated. Use sufficient water, don't skimp nor be wasteful. One should abstain from speaking while performing Ghusl. It is better not to read any Kalimah or Aayah while bathing. Be aware of these rules whilst making Ghusl.
PROCEDURE FOR PERFORMING GHUSL:
1. Wash both hands up to and including wrists.
2. Wash the private parts. The hands and private parts should be washed even if one is not in the state of Janaabat or Najaasat.
3. If there is Najaasat elsewhere on the body, it should now be washed off.
4. Perform Wudhu (Read separate pamphlet for Wudhu according to Sunnah). If making Ghusl on a stool or platform where water will rapidly flow away, and then perform the complete Wudhu. If there is fear of the feet being immersed in wastewater during the Ghusl then postpone the washing of the feet to the end of the Ghusl.
5. Ensure that the mouth and nostrils are thoroughly rinsed thrice.
6. After performing Wudhu, pour water over the head thrice;
7. Then pour thrice over right shoulder and;
8. Thrice again over left shoulder.
9. Now pour water over entire body and rub.
10. If the hair of the head is not plaited, it is compulsory to wet all the hair up to the very base. If a single hair is left dry, Ghusl will not be valid. If the hair of a woman is plaited, she is excused from loosening her plaited hair, but it is compulsory for her to wet the base of each and every hair. If one fails to do this then the Ghusl will not be valid. As for men who grow long hair and plait them, they are NOT excused from leaving their hair dry. If a woman experiences difficulty or is unable to wet the very bottom of her plaited hair, then it is necessary for her to unplaite her hair and wash her entire head.
11. It is Mustahab (preferable) to clean the body by rubbing it.
12. All parts of the body should be rubbed with the hand so as to ensure that water has reached all parts of the body, and that no portion is left dry.
13. Rings and earrings, etc. should be moved so as to ensure that no portion covered by them is left dry. Ensure that the navel and the ears are all wetted. If they are not wet Ghusl will be incomplete.
14. On completion one should confine oneself to a clean place. If, while performing Wudhu, the feet had been washed, it is not necessary to wash them again.
15. Dry the body with a clean towel, and dress as hastily as possible.
If, after Ghusl, one recalls that a certain portion of the body is left dry, it is not necessary to repeat the Ghusl, but merely wash the dry portion. It is not sufficient to pass a wet hand over the dry place. If one has forgotten to rinse the mouth or the nostrils, these too could be rinsed when recalled after Ghusl has been performed.
The three Faraa'ids (compulsory acts) of Ghusl are:
To rinse the mouth in such a manner that water reaches the entire mouth.
To rinse the nostrils up to the ending of the fleshy part.
To completely wet the whole body. When one performs these Faraa'id intentionally or unintentionally Ghusl will be valid.
Here is a book that will explain to you ALL of the basics of Islam including Ghusl, wudhu, Salaah, tawheed and much more. It is a very easy read and will enable one to learn ALL of the basics of Islam.
It is actually a book that is available in the shops but you can download it for free straight from this link as a PDF document and even print it if you want to which is recommended:
http://www.islamicbulletin.com/free_...m_children.pdf
If there is anything else you want to know then please do not hesitate to ask.
Here are some very beneficial articles for you to help you on your journey to Jannah and to make best use of every second of your life in this world:
10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith)
http://www.islamicboard.com/showthre...our-Iman(Faith)
30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives!
http://www.islamicboard.com/showthre...of-their-lives!
Easy Dhikr which is light on the tongue but heavy on the scales!
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My Daily Ibadah (worship) check!
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10 steps to getting closer to Allah
http://www.islamicboard.com/showthre...loser-to-Allah
Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday!
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Please listen these very beneficial talks on death and the hereafter:
Angel of Death!!! - Sheikh Ahmed Ali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzRJXlB2uA
Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 1/4]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieX7ZQtHl0s
Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 2/4]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK_2sVGMW08
Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 3/4]
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Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - Death (The Destroyer of Pleasures) [part 4/4]
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Imam Anwar al-Awlaki - The Journey of the Soul
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HARD HITTING Lecture on HELLFIRE & the Day of JUDGEMENT! يوم القيامة والجحيم
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Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 1/3
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Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 2/3
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Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 3/3
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Islam - Punishment of the Grave by Sheikh Riyadh ul Haq
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Death and the Grave by Murtaza Khan
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How can we not appreciate what we have after watching this?
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