Fatwa ID: 08716

 

 

Answered by: Maulana Sakib Shadman

 

Question:

 

I want to ask some question regarding wet dreams according to Hanafi Fiqh..

 

1. I have learnt that as for wet dreams for women ghusl will be obligatory to women if discharge comes out to outer genitalia (area which is apparent when vaginal lips are normally closed) if its inside the vaginal lips then ghusl is not obligatory. Is that correct?

 

*Outer genitalia is the visible part of vagina means labia majora and VISIBLE part of labia minora because labia minora extended to inner part!! External area is counted from where the labia minora is naturally closed??

 

To what extent should i check after awakeing?? By just simple looking the visible part with an instant glance or by checking with hands inside or tissue to check whether there is something or not?

 

2.  I am literally confused about the term fuqaha used for female vagina FARJ AD DAKHIL and FARJ Al KHARIJ??

Is FARJ AD DAKHIL is the area inside the inner lips means labia minora?? And FARJ AL KHARIJ is visible part means labia majora, visible part of labia minora and clitoris which is visible??

 

3. Which part of female vagina should be washed in ghusl??

 

4. After urinating is the external part of vagina that is labia majora and visible part of labia minora should be washed or can we put water in the internal area( which is inside labia minora)?

 

I have heard that only external area have to be washed but sometime urine for having its flow go inside (internal vagina) as well so do we have to clean it? If not then what about the uncleaned area inside doesn’t it make our clothes napak if not cleaned from inside because of urine that is not washed coming out? Doesn’t it make our istinja incomplete?

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

 

Answer:

 

• It is correct that Ghusl will be obligatory after a wet dream if discharge (Madhi) is excreted to the outer part of the vagina (after seeing a dream of sexual nature). You do not have to check the inner part of the vagina. Simply check if the discharge has been excreted to the outer part of the Vagina.

 

• The Al-Farj Al Kharij is the part of the vagina which is visible when a woman sits. It is known as the Vulva, which contains the the Outer Labia (outer lips of the vagina) and Labia minora (inner lips). The Al-Farj ad-Dakhil refers to the inner part of the vagina which is not visible and contains opening of the vaginal canal.

 

• Only the outer part of the vagina should be washed during Ghusl.

 

• Before making Istinja, you should make sure that all urine drops have stopped coming out. If you believe that some urine has collected in the internal part of the vagina, you should simply use a piece of cotton or tissue and press against the outer part of your vagina so that any remaining fluid/urine from the inner part comes out. Once the urine drops have ceased, you will only wash the outer part of the vagina. Any remaining moisture in the inner part of the vagina will be regarded as pure in the same way sweat and saliva is deemed as pure. Thus if that moisture gets on your clothes, your clothes will still be deemed as pure. Furthermore, the inner part of your vagina is not subject to the rulings concerning the purity of one’s body.

 

 

References:

 

وَيَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ غَسْلُ فَرْجِهَا الْخَارِجِ فِي الْجَنَابَةِ وَالْحَيْضِ وَالنِّفَاسِ وَيُسَنُّ فِي الْوُضُوءِ. كَذَا فِي مُحِيطِ السَّرَخْسِيِّ وَفِي الْفَتَاوَى الْغِيَاثِيَّةِ وَلَا تُدْخِلُ الْمَرْأَةُ أُصْبُعَهَا فِي فَرْجِهَا عِنْدَ الْغُسْلِ وَهُوَ الْمُخْتَارُ كَذَا فِي التَّتَارْخَانِيَّة.

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ص14 – كتاب الفتاوى العالمكيرية الفتاوى الهندية – الفصل الثاني في سنن الغسل – المكتبة الشاملة

 

(قَوْلُهُ: لَا دَاخِلَ) أَيْ لَا يَجِبُ غَسْلُ فَرْجٍ دَاخِلٍ.

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ص152 – كتاب حاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ط الحلبي – فرض الغسل – المكتبة الشاملة

 

وَيجب على الْمَرْأَة غسل الْفرج الْخَارِج فِي الْغسْل لِأَنَّهُ يُمكن غسله

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ص29 – كتاب تحفة الفقهاء – باب الحدث – المكتبة الشاملة

 

فَعَلَى هَذَا الْأَوْجَهُ وُجُوبُ الْغُسْلِ فِي الْخِلَافِيَّةِ، وَالِاحْتِلَامُ يَصْدُقُ بِرُؤْيَتِهَا صُورَةَ الْجِمَاعِ فِي نَوْمِهَا وَهُوَ يَصْدُقُ بِصُورَتَيْ وُجُودِ لَذَّةِ الْإِنْزَالِ وَعَدَمِهِ، فَلِذَا لَمَّا أَطْلَقَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ السُّؤَالَ عَنْ احْتِلَامِ الْمَرْأَةِ قَيَّدَ ﷺ جَوَابَهَا بِإِحْدَى الصُّورَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ «إذَا رَأَتْ الْمَاءَ» وَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِالرُّؤْيَةِ الْعِلْمُ مُطْلَقًا فَإِنَّهَا لَوْ تَيَقَّنَتْ الْإِنْزَالَ بِأَنْ اسْتَيْقَظَتْ فِي فَوْرِ الِاحْتِلَامِ فَأَحَسَّتْ بِيَدِهَا الْبَلَلَ ثُمَّ نَامَتْ فَمَا اسْتَيْقَظَتْ حَتَّى جَفَّ فَلَمْ تَرَ بِعَيْنِهَا شَيْئًا لَا يَسَعُ الْقَوْلُ بِأَنْ لَا غُسْلَ عَلَيْهَا مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَا رُؤْيَةَ بَصَرٍ بَلْ رُؤْيَةُ عِلْمٍ (وَرَأَى) يُسْتَعْمَلُ حَقِيقَةً فِي مَعْنَى (عَلِمَ) بِاتِّفَاقِ اللُّغَةِ.

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ص63 – كتاب فتح القدير للكمال بن الهمام ط الحلبي – فصل في الغسل – المكتبة الشاملة

 

يكفيها أن تغسل براحتها هو الصحيح وفي الهندية هو المختار وفي السراج هو قول العامة وقيل تستنجي برؤس أصابعها لأنها تحتاج إلى تطهير فرجها الخارج ولا يحصل ذلك إلا برؤس الأصابع ورجحه ابن أمير حاج قال والإستماع موهوم لأنه فيما يظهر إنما يكون بالإدخال في الفرج الداخل.

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ص48 – كتاب حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح شرح نور الإيضاح – فصل في الاستنجاء – المكتبة الشاملة

 

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Sakib Shadman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham