Fatwa ID: 06458

 

Answered by: Maulana Burhaan Rahman

 

Question:

 

If an unmarried woman masturbates during menstruation, and she does ghusl at the end of the menses cycle, is double ghusl required according to the Hanafis? Or one ghusl will suffice for both? (Please note: She knows it’s a sin and she is very regretful!) If yes then how to do double ghusl?

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

We know for both cases (menstruation and masturbation with seminal fluid coming out), a shower is necessary.

 

Our beloved prophet (SAW) has mentioned:

إِنَّمَا الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ

 

The seminal ejection is what makes bathing necessary. [Muslim Hadeeth no: 343]

 

In Muslim it mentions (in his Saheeh):

 

سَأَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَيْفَ تَغْتَسِلُ مِنْ حَيْضَتِهَا 

 

A woman asked the Messenger of Allah (SAW) how to wash after menstruation. She mentioned that he taught her how to take bath. [Muslim Hadeeth no. 332]

 

If a person becomes junub (impure) twice, one shower is necessary. For all forms of ceremonial/ritual impurity (janaabah), one ghusl is sufficient. There’s no need to take a different ghusl for each of them. For both, she simply needs to take one ghusl.

 

The act of doing one ghusl for multiple impurities is mentioned by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh:

 

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ بِغُسْلٍ وَاحِدٍ 

 

The messenger of Allah (SAW) used to have sexual intercourse with his wives with a single bath. [Muslim Hadeeth no: 309]

 

Ibn Qudaamah mentions in his Al-Mughni:

 

إذا اجتمع شيئان يوجبان الغسل كالحيض والجنابة، أو التقاء الختانين والإنزال، ونواهما بطهارته، أجزأه عنهما. قاله أكثر أهل العلم: منهم عطاء, أبو الزناد, ربيعة, مالك, الشافعي, إسحاق و الأحناف

 

If there are two things that require Ghusl, like menses and Janaabah, or the meeting of the male and female private parts and ejaculation, and one intends purity from both of them by performing one Ghusl, then it is sufficient for both. This is the opinion of most scholars; among whom are ‘Ataa’, Abu Az-Zinaad, Rabee’ah, Maalik, Ash-Shaafi’i, Is-haaq, and the scholars of the Hanafi School. [Al-Mughni Vol 2 page 328]

 

 

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Burhaan Rahman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham