Editing Ghusl (section)

==The acts of ghusl==
The [[Quran]]ic mandate exhorts believers not to approach praying while drowsy until after washing the entire body. The same requirement is applied to those who are have had contact with a woman, are traveling, ill, or just used the toilet. This last group, if they can't find water, can wipe their hands and faces with clean dirt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Translation of the meanings Surah An-Nisā’ - English Translation - Saheeh International |url=https://quranenc.com/en/browse/english_saheeh/4 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia |at=At verse 43. |language=en}}</ref>

The phrase translated as 'intercourse' in this verse has been [[ijtihad|interpreted]] by [[Hanafi]] scholars to mean sexual contact, while [[Shafi'i]] scholars interpret it to mean both physical and sexual contact.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surah An-Nisa - 43 |url=https://quran.com/en/an-nisa/43 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Quran.com |language=en}}</ref> Hence, the Hanafi school of thought does not require one to take wudu if there is non-sexual contact with a member of the opposite sex, while the Shafi'i school of thought does require wudu before [[salah]] and so on.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.islamonline.net/?p=818|title=Does Touching Women Break the Wudu'?|access-date=17 October 2018|publisher=IslamOnline}}</ref>

===Farā'id of Ghusl (Hanafi Guidelines)===
There are three [[farḍ]] (obligatory) acts. If one of these acts is omitted, it must be returned to and completed before the remaining acts.<ref name="H">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4QwAAAAYAAJ|title=The Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh|last=Pānīpatī|first=Muḥammad S̲anāʾullāh|date=1985-01-01|publisher=Kazi Publications|page=39|language=en}}</ref>

# Rinsing the inner mouth (gargle with water).
# Irrigate nose (rinse inside of nose) with water and blowout.
# Washing the entire body.

===Sunnah of Ghusl===
An optional alternate method as demonstrated by the Islamic prophet, Muhammad:
 
# Washing both hands up to the elbows.
# Wash the [[Intimate parts|private parts]] and remove dirt or filth from the body (using your left hand).
# Perform wudu (ablution).
# Pour water over the head three times, and rub the hair so that the water reaches the roots of the hair.
# Then wash the body, ensuring the water reaches all parts, starting with the right side of the body and then the left, and rubbing it with the hands so that the water reaches the entire body.
 
In Islam, ''ghusl'' requires the washing of the entire body. There are some differences in details between the [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and the [[Shia Islam|Shia]] schools of thought.