Someone who has performed the ghusl for janābah must not perform wuḍūʾ for prayers. He can perform prayers without performing wuḍūʾ after other obligatory ghusls as well, except the ghusl for medium istiḥāḍah. Furthermore, [he can perform prayers without performing wuḍūʾ] with recommended ghusls – which will be discussed in Ruling 633 – although the recommended precaution is that [if he has performed a recommended ghusl], he should also perform wuḍūʾ.
[1] As mentioned in Ruling 15, as long as kurr water does not acquire the smell, colour, or taste of an impurity with which it has come into contact, it does not become impure. [2] Ḥadath (literally, ‘occurrence’) is a term used in Islamic law to refer to something that invalidates wuḍūʾ; it can be of two types: al‑ḥadath al‑aṣghar (minor occurrence) and al‑ḥadath al‑akbar (major occurrence).
A minor occurrence is something that requires one to perform wuḍūʾ in order to engage in an act of worship that requires wuḍūʾ, such as prayers. These things are: urinating, defecating, passing wind, sleeping, things that cause one to lose his mind (such as insanity, intoxication, and unconsciousness), and slight irregular blood discharge (al‑istiḥāḍah al‑qalīlah).
As for a major occurrence, this is something that requires one to perform ghusl in order to perform an act of worship that requires wuḍūʾ; under this category come the following: ritual impurity (janābah), menstruation (ḥayḍ), lochia (nifās), medium and excessive irregular blood discharge (al‑istiḥāḍah al‑mutawassiṭah and al‑kathīrah), and touching a corpse (mass al‑mayyit).
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