FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
AL-KAFI #1339 : HUKUM MENGULANGI MANDI WAJIB YANG DILAKUKAN SECARA ALA KADAR
Is a person who performed a minimal obligatory bath (ghusl) while travelling allowed or required to repeat it upon arriving at the destination?
Short answer
An obligatory bath that fulfils its three required elements, namely intention, removing any impurity on the body and spreading water over all the hair and body, is valid even if done briefly.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
An obligatory bath that fulfils its three required elements, namely intention, removing any impurity on the body and spreading water over all the hair and body, is valid even if done briefly. The person need not repeat it, and prayers performed after it do not need to be repeated. Repeating the obligatory bath is not recommended according to the sound view in the Shafi'i school, and Hanafi and Shafi'i jurists regard it as disliked. If the urge to repeat comes from obsessive doubt, one should avoid it, since such doubt originates from Satan.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Apabila seseorang itu melaksanakan fardu mandi wajib maka mandi wajibnya telah sah dan tidak perlu untuk dia mengulanginya sekali lagi.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #1339 : HUKUM MENGULANGI MANDI WAJIB YANG DILAKUKAN SECARA ALA KADAR”, 6 August 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/3620-al-kafi-1339-hukum-mengulangi-mandi-wajib-yang-dilakukan-secara-ala-kadar. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-repeating-obligatory-bath-done-briefly/