Purification & Wudu

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If one of you has sexual intercourse with his wife and wishes to repeat he should perform ablution between them” .

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

“Ablution makes one active for repeating (the sexual act).”

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to sleep in the state of sexual impurity without touching water. .

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) took Ghusl (bath) after sexual intercourse, he would begin by washing his hands, then pour water with his right hand on his left hand and wash his sexual organ. He would then perform ablution, then take...

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) poured water over his private parts and washed them with his left hand. He then struck his hand against the earth.

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

"And he wiped it with earth".

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

And in the last of this version: “I handed him a piece of cloth, but he did not take it... He started shaking the water off his hand.”

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who keeps her hair closely plaited. Do I have to undo them for Ghusl after sexual intercourse?" In another narration, "and after the end of menses?" He replied (ﷺ), "No,...

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah's messenger (ﷺ) said: "It is not permitted for a menstruating woman or one who is junub (sexually impure) to stay in the mosque." Related by Abu Dawud and Ibn Khuzaimah graded it as Sahih

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

I and Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) took a Ghusl (bath) due to sexual impurity from the same vessel and our hands alternated into it. Ibn Hibban added "and (our hands) met."

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: "There is Janabah (trace of sexual impurity) under every hair, so wash your hair and cleanse the skin." Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi transmitted it but they declared it to be weak.

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Ahmad transmitted a similar narration to the above, on the authority of `A'ishah (RAA), but this version has an unknown transmitter.

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I have been given five things which were not given to anyone else before me. Allah made me victorious by awe (of frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey. The earth has been...

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

"And the soil of the earth had been made for us as a means with which to purify ourselves (for prayer), when we cannot find water." Related by Muslim.

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

"The earth (dust) has been made for me as a means for purification."

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

The Prophet (ﷺ) sent me on some errands and I became junub (sexually impure), and could not find water. I rolled myself in the dirt just as an animal does. I then came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned that...

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

'He (ﷺ) struck the earth with the palms of his hands, blew in them and wiped his face and hands with them.

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Tayammum is two strikes: one for the face and one for the hands up to the elbows." Reported by Ad-Daraqutni

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The soil is a purifier for a Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years; but if he finds water, he must fear Allah and let it touch his skin."

Bulugh al-Maram

The Book of Purification

a similar Hadith transmitted by at-Tirmidhi