Editing Ghusl (section)

{{Short description|Islamic ritual purification}}
[[File:Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Masjid-Jamek-02.jpg|thumb|Wudu and ghusl facilities (in background) at [[Jamek Mosque]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia]]
{{Fiqh |hygiene}}
'''{{transliteration|ar|ALA|Ghusl}}''' ({{langx|ar|غسل}} ''{{transliteration|ar|DIN|ġusl}}'', {{IPA|ar|ˈɣʊsl|IPA}}) is an [[Arabic]] term that means the full-body [[ritual purification]] which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities and prayers. For any Muslim, it is performed  after sexual intercourse (i.e. it is fardh), before [[Friday prayer]]<ref>{{Href|bukhari|858|b=yl}}</ref> and prayers for [[Islamic holidays]],<ref>''Sharh Mukhtasar'', Volume 2, pg. 102</ref> before entering the [[ihram]] in preparation for [[Hajj]], after having lost consciousness, and after formally [[Religious conversion#Islam|converting to Islam]]. [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]] also perform the ablution before [[Salat al-Tawba]] "Prayer of Repentance".

''Ghusl'' is often translated as "full ablution", as opposed to the "partial ablution" or [[wudu]] {{lang|ar|وضوء}} that Muslims perform after lesser impurities such as urination, defecation, flatulence, deep sleep, and light bleeding (depending on the [[madhhab]]).

Ghusl is a [[ritual bath]].<ref name="Modarresi">{{cite book|author=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi|author-link=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi|title=The Laws of Islam|date=26 March 2016|publisher=Enlight Press|isbn=978-0994240989|url=http://almodarresi.com/en/books/pdf/TheLawsofIslam.pdf|access-date=22 December 2017|ref=Modarresi|language=en|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802163247/http://almodarresi.com/en/books/pdf/TheLawsofIslam.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|471}}