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The Ghusl Of The Disbeliever When He Accepts Islām

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book OfPurification

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 109

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188. It was narrated from Qais bin 'Āsim that he accepted Islām, and the Prophet commanded him to perform Ghusl with water and lotus leaves. (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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١٨٨ - أَخْبَرَنَا ‌عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَغَرِّ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ - عَنْ ‌خَلِيفَةَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ، عَنْ ‌قَيْسِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ «أَنَّهُ أَسْلَمَ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ».

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To take a bath upon accepting Islam is deemed desirable according to the majority of scholars. According to Imām Aḥmad, however, taking that bath is compulsory, because disbelievers generally do not take a bath after engaging in sexual intercourse. Even if they do so, they do not perform it thoroughly. Hence they stay ritually impure. Therefore, the purificatory bath is compulsory in order to take them out of a state of impurity. The phrasing of the Ḥadīth supports this conclusion.