Starting WithWudû' When Performing GhuslFrom Janâbah
Darussalam · Volume 1
4. The Book Of GhuslAnd TayammumSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 420 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 205
Source no. 420 · Volume 2 · Page 64
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صحيح، مضى (١٣٤) // (٢٤١) //
Source no. 407 · Volume 1 · Page 90
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(صحيح) - ق، مضى ١٣٤ [٢٤١].
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420. It was narrated that ‘Aîshah said: “When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ performed Ghusl from Janâbah, he would wash his hands, then perform Wudû' as for prayer, then he would perform Ghusl, then run his fingers through his hair to be sure that the water had reached his scalp, then he would pour water over his head three times, then wash the rest of his body.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
420 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ، ثُمَّ اغْتَسَلَ، ثُمَّ يُخَلِّلُ بِيَدِهِ شَعْرَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَرْوَى بَشَرَتَهُ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ»
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The purificatory bath (Ghusl) established by the practice of the Prophet ﷺ (Sunnah), to lift the major ritual impurity, is this! The ablution should be performed first because the ablution is a component element of the bath. Although if one resorts to only rinsing the mouth along with snuffing up, pouring water on the whole body, the bath would still be considered valid according to the majority of scholars. So to say, sequence is not a condition in one's taking the bath. Likewise, running wet fingers through hair is also the Prophet's ﷺ practice (particularly so when the hair is long). If the scalp and the hair become wet without running wet fingers through them, the bath would be considered valid. In the same way, washing the feet last of all, is a Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.