Bilal Assad – Every Muslim must know this

Bilal Assad
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The speaker discusses the definition of Rusul in Islam and explains the process of showering or bathing after a certain activity or practice. They also discuss the importance of having the right intentions for praying and the importance of w Advisory in praying. The speaker provides guidance on how to properly shower and bath, including using the shower for a period of time and not doing it at the same time.
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A question has come to me asking about

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the process of Rusul.

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What is this term Rusul in Islam?

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The definition of Rusul

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is basically showering or bathing.

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That's all it really is.

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However,

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we use the term Rusul in Islam to

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refer to a specific process after a particular

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activity or practice.

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And there are 2 main activities and practices.

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Number 1,

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the,

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when a person has

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engaged in *,

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if they're married,

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or

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a person has woken up, usually men have

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this, they've woken up with a *,

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or after a menstrual cycle has ended for

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a woman.

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Then you do a process called

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rusl, which means showering or bathing,

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before you will be allowed to

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recommence

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praying sadaat.

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Rusl

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has to have the right intention.

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So when a person is going to

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wash themselves in in a bathing,

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process or showering,

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they've got to have the intention of why

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they're doing it.

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Someone asked me if it's just merely showering,

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but without the intention does that suffice?

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According to the majority of scholars, no it

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does not suffice and it is safer to

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go with the intention. But the intention is

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really nothing, It's merely an intention in the

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heart, that you're going to wash yourself

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in order to,

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become,

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spiritually,

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clean,

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in order to go back and pray your

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salat and so on, other acts of worship

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which otherwise you couldn't have done.

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So for the men and women, it's the

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same process,

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or the same,

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method

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with slightly

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differing views here and there, which I'm going

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to mention. First of all, it suffices to

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just let the if you're under the shower

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for example, sprinkler, to let the water drop

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all over your body from head down to

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your toes. And that the water has to

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reach every part of your body,

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including the roots of your hair.

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Once that has

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is is done then your hustle is over.

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I know some teenagers when I was a

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teacher,

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students asked me what can I do when

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I am rushing to school and I've had

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a * and then I can't have

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a shower And then when it comes time

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to prayer, they kind of hide or they

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don't want to pray? And some of them

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even pray without

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having,

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done their rusl from this state which is

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called

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another term called janaba.

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So we had to rush to answer that

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question and say listen, it's very easy. All

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you have to do is just jump in

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the shower, let the sprinkler go all over

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your body,

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one minute job and it's done.

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So it's that simple for both men and

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women.

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Otherwise if a person has made a mistake

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and gone out to school or work and

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hasn't done their rusu, then they have to

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make up their prayer of course in something

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called Qada' but this cannot continue this way

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and of course Allah pardons people for their

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ignorance. Now I come to the sunnah way,

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the recommended way that the prophet peace be

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upon him taught us to do the rusul,

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which will give you more hasanat

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just for following

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the way of the prophet peace be upon

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him. Obviously to us, rusul is a form

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of worship because we do it for the

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acts of worship,

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when we, pray and so on. The way

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the prophet peace be upon him used to

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do it, and I want you to imagine

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with me in those days they used to

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have a bucket and a little utensil through

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which they took the water out and spilled

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on themselves. So the way the prophet, peace

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be upon him, used to do it, according

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to authentic hadith of course, is that he

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would,

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crouch in his place and then he would

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spill water and the first thing that the

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sunnah says is to wash with your left

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hand the private

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areas, the private parts.

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After you've washed the private parts with your

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left hand, then to make wudu, say bismillah

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and make udoo. Now some people might be

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asking, hold on, can I say Bismillah when

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I'm naked? Can I say Bismillah if I'm

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in the toilet or bathroom? I say to

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you, yes, you can say Bismillah, but it

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is better to say Bismillah before you take

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your clothes off or before you enter and

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that would suffice inshaAllah. And if you don't

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feel comfortable saying you don't have to say

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Bismillah. The point is make wudur per normal.

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The prophet peace be upon him is to

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make wudur and leave his feet to the

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end.

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Why? Because of where he is standing and

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where the water ends up spilling because there

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will be dirty water around his feet and

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he would leave it to the end. But

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for us,

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just under the shower, the sun has to

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make wudu fully and then wash your head

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along with your hair to the roots of

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your scalp 3 times.

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Now if you've got hair which you've tied

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up especially with women because generally we know

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that women have long hair and sometimes very

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hard for them and they don't want to

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untie it.

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They probably have braids for example.

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Then the scholars are agreed that,

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she there's no evidence to say that she

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has to unbraid her hair or untie her

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hair. So long as the water gets,

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covers her main scalp and covers the majority

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of her scalp after Janaba, which is,

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after *, then that is okay. And some

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scholars said if it's after menstruals, the menstrual

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cycle, she'll try her best to get the

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water into the roots in the scalp, but

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there is no real evidence to say,

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that specifically. So both men and women to

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try and get the water,

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into the scalp. Soak the Let their hair

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be soaked and the water get to the

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majority of the scalp and that inshallah

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will suffice. After that, to wash the right

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side of your body 3 times and then

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the left side of your body 3 times

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and leave your feet to the end. Now

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as I said, the reason the feet were

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left to the end was because in the

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olden times they would be sitting or standing,

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crouching in one place, so the prophet peace

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would find him to lift his feet to

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the end in order to wash off all

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the, residual and the water that had spilt

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down. But for us, I think you understand

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for those of you who have showers and

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sprinklers,

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just having the water drop on you is

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enough. Now last question, do you have to

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make Wudu,

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in Rusl, or does Rusl,

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suffice and cover your wudu as well? Is

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it a package or, altogether, or do you

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have to do them separate? The correct view,

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brothers and sisters, is, and the safest one,

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is to also make wudu.

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So make the intention for wudu in your

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heart, and then the intention for wudu while

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you're in the shower, and Insha'Allah you can

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pray,

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straight after it. I hope that answers your

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question. Wasalaam Alaikum Warahmatullah.

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