Fatwa #248619 April 2020United Kingdom
Rinsing my mouth & nostrils for Ghusl - Will my fast be broken if i take in water?
Question
Assalamu Alaykum
In ramadan or whenever we fast, we wake up for sehri and eat food and then pray fajr and go to sleep. If after this a male was to have a wet dream, how do we perform ghusl without breaking our fast? Because ghusl requires water rinse all of the mouth and water to go up to the back of the nose - both of these acts can incidentally lead to water going down our throat and thereby negating our fast.
JazakAllah Khair
(On a side note: I have posted 2 questions on 2 different occasions beforehand, both of them haven't been answered.)
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Respected Brother.
We are sorry that we did not answer your previous queries. Our policy is if a question is not answered, you will need to resend the query.
In principle, the mouth and nostrils have to be rinsed for the ghual to be valid. However, gargling the mouth is not necessary in ghusl. Merely, rinsing the mouth fully is sufficient.
Likewise, when passing water through the nostrils, it is sufficient for the water to reach the tip of the bone. Water does not have to reach beyond that.
It is Makrooh (disliked) for a fasting person to excessively rinse his mouth and nostrils. If ghusal is needed, one should rinse the mouth and nostrils lightly so that water does not go down the throat. 1&2
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abdullah Noorgat
Student Darul Ifta
South Africa
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
1. وَلِهَذَا تجب الْمَضْمَضَة وَالِاسْتِنْشَاق فِي الْغسْل لِأَنَّهُ يُمكن إِيصَال المَاء إِلَى دَاخل الْأنف والفم بِلَا حرج وَلَا يجبان فِي الْوضُوء لِأَن الْوَاجِب ثمَّ غسل الْوَجْه وداخل الْفَم وَالْأنف لَيْسَ بِوَجْه لِأَنَّهُ لَا يواجه النَّاظر إِلَيْهِ بِكُل حَال (تحفة الفقهاء (1/ 29)
وفرض الغسل: المضمضة والاستنشاق وغسل سائر البدن (الهداية في شرح بداية المبتدي (1/ 19)
ويكره المبالغة في المضمضة، والاستنشاق لحديث لقيط بن صبرة، وإنه معروف، وقال شمس الأئمة الحلواني رحمه الله: ويفسر ذلك أن يكثر إمساك الماء في فمه، ويملأ فمه لا أن يغرغر، (المحيط البرهاني في الفقه النعماني (2/ 389)
2. احسن الفتاوى (2/38)
ہڈى كى اندر پاني پہنچانا ضروري نہيۂ