The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.537-If the dead body becomes najis it is obligatory to make it ṭāhir before giving ghusl. Moreover, it is a recommended precaution to rinse the whole dead body from any najis substance before ghusl.

Issue No.386- If somebody does not have sufficient time for sequential ghusl, he must perform ghusl by immersion if possible.

Issue No.399-When one became junub and performed some prayers after that and he later doubts whether or not he had performed ghusl before the prayers, in this case the prayers he has performed are correct but he must perform ghusl for the subsequent prayers.

Issue No.401- One can perform his prayers with any ghusl and it is not necessary to make wuḍū, whether it is ghusl of janābah or another, and whether it is obligatory or a recommended ghusl whose recommendability has been established in Islamic tradition. However, as a recommended precaution, one should perform wuḍū for prayer after all ghusls except ghusl of janābah.

Issue No.390- We said earlier that the perspiration of a person who is in a state of janābah due to a haram act is not najis, and such a person may perform ghusl with warm water. However, it would be better to do it with tepid water so that he may not perspire.

Issue No.610- One cannot offer prayer with the ghusl performed with the intention of rajā’. Rather, he should also, as an obligatory precaution, perform wuḍū. However, it is permissible to offer prayer with ghusls that are proved definitely to be mustaḥab such as Friday ghusl.

Issue No.611- One ghusl with the intention of performing all will suffice if one wants to perform a number of mustaḥab ghusls, or a number of ghusls, some of which are mustaḥab and some obligatory, or when all are obligatory [on him].

Issue No.508- A Muslim who is dying, whether a man or a woman, old or young, should, as an obligatory precaution, be laid on his/her back, in such a manner that the soles of the feet face the Qibla. And if it is not possible for him to be laid completely in the said manner, they should, as an obligatory precaution, act upon this instruction to the extent possible. However, if this is not possible, he should be seated facing the Qibla, and if this is not possible either, he should be laid on either his right or left side with his front towards the Qibla.

Issue No.510- It is recommended that the Shahadatayn[1] and the acknowledgement of the twelve Imams and other principles of faith should be inculcated to a dying person in way that he understands it. It is also recommended that these things be repeated until the time of death.

Issue No.518- If a person begins performing the abovementioned acts, it is not obligatory for others to participate in them. However, if that person leaves the work half done, others must complete them. And if a person is in doubt whether someone has undertaken the obligations to a dead person, he himself should undertake the responsibility and do them.

Issue No.519-If someone has performed the ghusl, shrouding, death prayer and burial but we are not sure whether or not they have been done correctly, it should be assumed that they been done correctly. However, if we are sure that they have been done incorrectly, we must do them again.

Issue No.544- The obligatory quantity of shroud and the expenses of other obligatory things like ghusl, camphorating and burial should be financed from the estate (his property) and it is not necessary that he should have specified it in his will, and if the deceased has no estate, it should be taken from the baytulmāl.