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==Shia school of thought== There are two methods of performing ''ghusl''. One is known as ''ghusl tartibi'', and the other is known as ''ghusl irtimasi''.<ref name="najaf">{{Cite web|url=http://www.najaf.org/english/book/10/append2.htm#|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423111537/http://www.najaf.org/english/book/10/append2.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Major Abolution|archivedate=April 23, 2012}}</ref> ===''Ghusl'' tartibih=== "''Ghusl tartibi''" means an ordinal bath, performed in three stages. After washing away the ''najasat'' (e.g., semen or blood) from the body and after ''niyyat'', the body has to be washed in three stages: head down to the neck; then the right side of the body from the shoulder down to the foot; then the left side of the body. Each part should be washed thoroughly in such a way that the water reaches the skin. Special care should be taken while washing the head; the hair should be combed (e.g., with your fingers) so that water reaches the hair-roots. While washing the right side of the body, some part of the left side must be washed too, and vice versa.<ref name="najaf"/> ===''Ghusl'' irtimasi=== "''Ghusl irtimasi''" means a bath involving immersion of the whole body in the water. It can only be done in a body of water, e.g., a pool, river, lake or sea. After washing away the semen or blood from the body and after ''niyyat'', the whole body should be completely immersed in the water all at once, not gradually. One has to make sure that the water reaches all parts of the body, including hair and the skin under it. ''Ghusl tartibi'' is preferred over ''ghusl irtimasi''.<ref name="najaf"/> ===Recommendable acts of ''ghusl''=== What has been mentioned above are the ''[[wajib]]'' acts of ''ghusl''; there are things which are recommendable (mustahabb, sunnat) during the ''ghusl''.<ref name="islamqa2"/> These recommendable acts are five: #Gargling three times and washing the nose three times. #Performing the acts of wudu before the actual washing. #Wiping the hands on the whole body to ensure that every part has been thoroughly washed.<ref name="islamqa2"/> #Combing the hair with the fingers to ensure that the water reaches the hair-roots. #(For men) Doing istibra' (urinating) before ''ghusl janabat''. If a liquid comes out of a man's penis after completing the ''ghusl'', and he doubts whether it is semen or urine, he does not need to repeat the ''ghusl'' as long as he also urinated before the ''ghusl''. If he did not urinate before the ''ghusl'', then he must repeat the process.<ref name="islamiclaws"/><ref>Wasa'il al Shia, vol. 1, p. 517.</ref> This rule of ''istibra''' applies only to men.<ref>Wasa'il al Shia, vol. 1, p. 482.</ref>
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