Question about prayer

[lozlg]

Assalam Allaikum, sorry just a quick question. If i go to sleep now and wake up to do fajr prayer in a few hours, will i have to have a shower or just do wudu? I would normally be awake at Fajr time but im kinda tired. Thanks.

Lauren
(New revert)

 

[Amina 1]

Assalam Alaikum Waramatullahi Wabarakatu



Congratulations on being guided into the light Hamdulillah. I usually just do wudu really well. But I think that we are supposed to do ghusl (Shower). So I will be interested to see what the answer is too.:muslim_child:

 

[Isra]

Wa alaikome salam.......

I do partial ghusl after full sleep........meaning wudu with added washing of private parts. I was instructed to do this by the woman who taught me the correct way to pray and she is a born Muslim so I do it the way she taught me. I read that if you just snooze or doze off you dont need to repeat wudu but if you are fully unconscious due to full sleep then you must repeat the wudu. I dont know for sure if all of this is necessary but my philosophy is better to overdo it rather than to underdo it.

 

[thariq2005]

Wa alaikkumus salam, I am happy for you my sister Erm the above two sisters got me confused. Never came across this in my life lol Anyways getting back to the question. If you have not taken a shower ever since you accepted islam, then it is preferred that you take a bath (ghusl). Other wise you can just do wudhu. There are certain things that make Ghusl (Bath) a must, these are the follows...

The causes that make ghusl a must are:

1. The emission of semen, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "What requires water (ghusl) is if you see water (i.e., semen) coming out of you." (Reported by Muslim, no. 1/269)

2. Contact between the genitals, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "If one part enters the other part (in another report: if one part touches the other part), then ghusl becomes obligatory." (Reported by Ahmad and Muslim, no. 526) This ghusl is obligatory whether or not fluid (semen) is released. "touching" here refers to the entry of the tip of the penis into the vagina, not mere touching.

3. Menstruation and nifaas (post-natal bleeding), because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): ". . . And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allaah has ordained for you. . ." [al-Baqarah 2:222]; and because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to Faatimah bint Hubaysh, may Allaah be pleased with her: "When your period starts, stop praying, and when your period ends, perform ghusl then start praying again." (Reported by al-Bukhari, Fath, 309)

4. Death: the dead - apart from a martyr slain in battle - must be washed (ghusl), because when his daughter Zaynab died, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Wash her with water three or five times, or as many times as you see fit" (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 1175); and when a man who was in a state of ihraam was killed by his riding-beast, he said: "Wash him with water and lotus leaves and wrap him in his two garments, but do not embalm him or cover his head, for he will be raised on the Day of Resurrection pronouncing the Talbiyah." (Reported by al-Bukhaari, Fath, 1186)

There are other types of ghusl about which the scholars differed as to whether they are obligatory, such as performing ghusl on Fridays

If you do not fall under any of those, then in shaAllah only wudhu is enough

 

[Fatima S.Ar]

Assalam Allaikum, sorry just a quick question. If i go to sleep now and wake up to do fajr prayer in a few hours, will i have to have a shower or just do wudu? I would normally be awake at Fajr time but im kinda tired. Thanks.

Lauren
(New revert)

Why shower ? about me I only do Wadu'