Fatwa ID: 08603

 

 

Written by Alimah Aisha Qureshi

 

Question:

 

After intimacy, if one does tayammum before sleeping instead of Wudhū/Ghusl,  (And then does ghusl upon awakening.) is this fine? 

 

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

Tayammum is a form of purification in the absence of water, and it is allowed in certain circumstances. The condition is that a person cannot find water and he is a traveller and outside his city or between him and the city is a mile or he is ill, and he fears his illness will become aggravated or the cold can kill him. He can then perform tayammum.

 

The prophet (saw) said ‘’The earth is the purification of the Muslim, even if it takes ten years as long as he does not find water.’’

 

Whereas in your situation there is no absence of water it seems, so tayammum is not allowed, if a person wishes to sleep after intercourse, then he should perform wudu, and then once he awakens for fajr he should perform ghusl to purify himself. So one should make the conscious effort to perform wudu before sleeping and then on awakening perform the full ghusl to purify himself from the state of janaba.

 

 

 

 

  

References

 

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴾
Surah Maida verse 6

 

 

المراد بعدم الوجدان ههنا حقيقة

Fath Al Qadeer pg. 125 vol 1 publisher Dar al kotob Al -Ilmiyah Beirut.

 

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، – وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ – عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ – وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا – قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، – قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيَرْقُدُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ قَالَ ‏ “‏ نَعَمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

Sunnah.com Sahih Muslim 306a

 

 

 

 

Only Allah knows best

Written by Alimah Aisha Qureshi

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham