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Times When Making Ghusl is Mustahab - After Gaining Concsiousness [Part 2]
2-When a person gains
consciousness or comes into sanity. Al-‘Uthaymeen explains that this is the
second issue in which Ghusl becomes Mustahab: when the insane becomes sane, or
when the unconscious becomes conscious.
The evidence for this
includes:
-The Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] himself was
afflicted with a severe illness and fell unconscious and when he woke he asked,
“Have the people prayed?” They replied, “No.” So he performed Ghusl whilst they
waited. [Reported al-Bukhaaree (687) and Muslim (418)]
Al-Uthaymeen stated
that the scholars differed in the reasoning behind making Ghusl after gaining
consciousness/sanity; some stated it was done to refresh the body whilst others
said it is an act of worship to do so (thus the reason is unknown).
Originally published on the AhleDhikr blog.
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