Under Every Hair There Is The State Of Sexual Impurity
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Chapters OnDry AblutionSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 598 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 196
Source no. 598 · Volume 2 · Page 170
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598. Abu Ayyub Al-Ansâri narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The five daily prayers, from one Friday to the next, and fulfilling the trust are all expiation for whatever (sins) come between them." I said: "What is fulfilling the trust?" He said: Having a bath to cleanse oneself from sexual impurity, for under every hair there is the state of sexual impurity." (Hasan)
598 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ، وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ، وَأَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ، كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهَا» قُلْتُ: وَمَا أَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ، قَالَ: «غُسْلُ الْجَنَابَةِ، فَإِنَّ تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ جَنَابَةً»
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Taking a bath to remove sexual impurity has been likened to 'fulfilling a trust'. Which means that just as fulfilling a trust is mandatory for the person concerned, taking a bath to remove sexual impurity is also an obligatory duty which must be accomplished, since this impurity cannot be removed without taking a bath. Sins promised to be expiated through a bath are those that belong to the category of minor sins. As for the major sins, they are not expiated through man's actions or deeds, but only through sincere repentance or a special grace from Allāh.