Question: Can I start ghusl (after having janabat) without performing wudhu? Is it mandatory to perform wudhu before ghusl?
Answer ID: 182547
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 1082/684/SN=1/1443)
It is masnoon to perform wudhu before ghusl janabat. If a person performs ghusl janabat without performing wudhu, he will still attain purity. However, he will be deprived of the virtue of the sunnah of wudhu.
وسننه كسنن الوضوء .... البداءة بغسل يديه و فرجه ... وخبت بدنه إن كان عليه خبث لئلا يشيع ثم تؤضأ، أطلقه فانصرف إلى الكامل الخ (در مختار مع رد المحتار 1/292، كتاب الطهارة، مطبوعه: مكتبه زكريا،ديوبند)
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India
Forwarded by khaiyam khalid