{"id":5303,"date":"2025-10-23T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:37:28","slug":"can-shower-count-wudu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=5303","title":{"rendered":"Can a Shower Count for Wudu&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;color: #0000ff\"><strong>Shower and Ablution\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If one takes a shower, is that sufficient with no need to perform <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/purification-2\/nullification-of-ablution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ablution<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/purification-2\/when-and-how-to-perform-ghusl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ghusl<\/em> <\/a>or the shower was to become pure because of <em>janabah<\/em> or menstruation, then as long as you have the intention for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/purification-2\/dimensions-of-wudu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>wudu\u2019<\/em><\/a>, you will actually achieve <em>wudu\u2019<\/em> and you do not need to do the actions of <em>wudu\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But if the shower is done to cool down or to clean oneself, then it does not take the place of <em>wudu\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When Sheikh Ibn `Uthaymeen was asked: Does <em>ghusl<\/em> following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/cases-that-necessitate-ritual-bath-ghusl\/\"><em>janabah<\/em> <\/a>take the place of <em>wudu\u2019<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>He replied:<\/p>\n<p>If a person is in a state of <em>janabah<\/em> and he does <em>ghusl<\/em>, then that is sufficient and he does not need to do <em>wudu\u2019<\/em>, because Allah says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>\u201cIf you are in a state of <em>Janabah<\/em> (i.e. after a sexual discharge), purify yourselves (bathe your whole body)\u2026\u201d <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-translations\/en-translation\/recitation-of-surat-al-maidah-3\/\">Al-Ma&#8217;idah<\/a> 5:6)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u00a0Here is the detailed answer for this question from Sheikh Abu Eesa Niamatullah.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithiq.com\">www.faithiq.com<\/a><em> \u00a0<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/can-shower-count-wudu\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does taking a shower count for wudu&#8217; (ablution)? 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