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وانْ کنْتمْ جنبا فاطھروْا وَاِنْ کُنْتُمْ جُنُبًا
(Surah Ma'idah, 6) ‘And if ye are unclean, purify the whole body’
Having
a bath becomes obligatory after the menstrual cycle, childbirth, sexual
intercourse and wet dreams.
It
is a Sunnat to have a bath before putting on the pilgrim robe to do Umra or
Hajj and to stand on the plain of Arafat.
It
is desirable to have a bath on Shabrāt (The fifteenth night of the month of
Shabān), on the night of Arfah, when performing the optional Prayer during a
solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse, for offering Namaz- e-Astasqa, before
entering Makkah Mazma or Madina Manwara, after giving a dead body a bath, after
taking on Islam and at reaching the age of puberty for males and females.
The
method of having an obligatory bath is as follows:-
Firstly,
wash the hands, then the private parts and where there are impurities or filth.
After this, perform ablution and then pour water over the head in a way that it
falls over the whole body. It is obligatory to fully rinse the mouth, put water
in the nose and pour water over the entire body once when having a bath.
It
is a Sunnat to wash off any filth or impurities from the body, make intention
before having a bath, wash the hands up to the wrists, perform ablution before
having a bath and pour water over the entire body three times. It is not
necessary to perform ablution after having a
bath.
If
any obligatory action is left out while having a bath the terms and conditions
of having a bath remain unfulfilled. Whilst having a bath it is important to
take care not to leave any place dry, not even a place equivalent to the size
of a hair.
If
the hair is dirty it is obligatory to soak all the hair and make sure that
water reaches all the roots. If the water does not reach the roots the bath
remains incomplete. If the hair is not dirty it is compulsory that water
reaches all the roots although soaking all the hair is not compulsory. If the
water cannot reach all the roots without untying the hair then it is important
to untie it and wash it.
A
nose ring, earrings or rings, should be properly moved about so that water can
reach there.
If
there are hair products on the hair, lipstick on the lips or any other
adornment or make-up on the face, it should be washed off properly so that
water can reach there, or else the bath will remain incomplete and invalid.
KHWAJA SHAMSUDDIN AZEEMI
Mehrāj means to enter the world of the unseen. When a believer attains Mehrāj through prayer, Angels appear in front of him. He travels through the Heavens, and through the blessings of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) he comes to know his Lord.
