Ṭahārah
طهارة
غسل
Ghusl
Definition
Full-body ritual bath required after ḥadath akbar (major impurity).
Example
Required after: intimacy, seminal emission, menses, post-natal bleeding, and a revert entering Islam. Recommended for Jumuʿah, ʿĪds and iḥrām.
See also
Wuḍūʾ
Ritual ablution required before ṣalāh, ṭawāf and reciting the Qur'an from the muṣḥaf.
Janābah
State of major ritual impurity after intimacy or seminal emission — lifted by ghusl.
Ḥadath
Ritual impurity of the body. Minor (removed by wuḍūʾ) or major (removed by ghusl).
Ḥayḍ
Menstruation — a state during which ṣalāh and ṣawm are suspended and intimacy is forbidden.
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