Fatwa ID: 08269
Answered by Maulana Sakib Shadman
Question:
If an inmate in jail has a wet dream at night, and doesn’t have access to a shower, however he can fill up a bottle of water in the sink and stand over the toilet boil and make ghusl.
There would be a lot of water that would drip on the floor, that he would then wipe off with a towel.
It would also make noise and inconvenience his cellmate.
Can he make tayammum or does he still have to do ghusl?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
In principle, if a person has access to water and he does not fear becoming ill due to having a cold Ghusl (bath), it is not permissible for him to make Tayammum; and he must make Ghusl with the water which is available.
The inmate should try his best not to wake up his cellmate when performing Ghusl. He should slowly and carefully pour water over his whole body using the water bottle so that the water does not loudly splash everywhere. He should not waste water when making Ghusl. Our beloved Messenger of Allah Ta’ala (SAW) would make Ghusl with approximately 3.2 litres of water.
And as you mentioned, he should dry the floor with a towel after he finishes his Ghusl in order to not inconvenience his cellmate.
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.
Written by Maulana Sakib Shadman
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
(قَوْلُهُ وَفَقْدُ الْمَاءِ) أَيْ وَلَوْ حُكْمًا لِيَشْمَلَ نَحْوَ الْمَرَضِ
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ص230 – كتاب حاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ط الحلبي – أركان التيمم وشروطه – المكتبة الشاملة
(وَمِنْهَا عَدَمُ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى الْمَاءِ) يَجُوزُ التَّيَمُّمُ لِمَنْ كَانَ بَعِيدًا مِنْ الْمَاءِ مِيلًا هُوَ الْمُخْتَارُ فِي الْمِقْدَارِ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ خَارِجَ الْمِصْرِ أَوْ فِيهِ وَهُوَ الصَّحِيحُ وَسَوَاءٌ كَانَ مُسَافِرًا أَوْ مُقِيمًا. هَكَذَا فِي التَّبْيِينِ لَا يَجُوزُ التَّيَمُّمُ لِعَدَمِ الْمَاءِ فِي الْمِصْرِ وَكَذَا الْقُرَى الَّتِي لَا يُفَارِقُهَا أَهْلُهَا أَوْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ نَهَارًا وَذُكِرَ عَنْ السُّلَمِيُّ جَوَازُ ذَلِكَ وَالصَّحِيحُ عَدَمُ الْجَوَازِ وَالْخِلَافُ بَعْدَ الطَّلَبِ، وَأَمَّا قَبْلَهُ فَلَا يَجُوزُ إجْمَاعًا. كَذَا فِي السِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ وَأَقْرَبُ الْأَقْوَالِ أَنَّ الْمِيلَ وَهُوَ ثُلُثُ الْفَرْسَخِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ ذِرَاعٍ طُولُ كُلِّ ذِرَاعٍ أَرْبَعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أُصْبُعًا وَعَرْضُ كُلِّ أُصْبُعٍ سِتُّ حَبَّاتِ شَعِيرٍ مُلْصَقَةٌ ظَهْرَ الْبَطْنِ.
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ص27 – كتاب الفتاوى العالمكيرية الفتاوى الهندية – الفصل الأول في أمور لا بد منها في التيمم – المكتبة الشاملة
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ، عَنْ سَفِينَةَ، – قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ – صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ وَيَتَطَهَّرُ بِالْمُدِّ . وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ حُجْرٍ أَوْ قَالَ وَيُطَهِّرُهُ الْمُدُّ . وَقَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ كَبِرَ وَمَا كُنْتُ أَثِقُ بِحَدِيثِهِ .
Safina reported that Abu Bakr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him), observed: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath with one Sa’ of water and performed ablution with one Mudd (of water) ; and in the hadith narrated by Ibn Hujr the words are: One Mudd sufficed for his (Holy Prophet’s) ablution. And Ibn Hujr said that (his Shaikh) Isma’il was much advanced in age, and it was because of this that he could not fully rely on him for this tradition.
Sahih Muslim 326b
Chapter 10: The amount of water with which it is recommended to perform ghusl in the case of janabah; a man and woman washing from a single vessel; one of them washing with the left-over water of the other, Book 3: The Book of Menstruation
https://sunnah.com/muslim:326b
