💌 Notes on wet dreams and when it is obligatory to take the ghusl bath after waking up from a sexual dream:
1] Wet dreams in which you see yourself carrying out sexual acts (like kissing) or being physically intimate with someone oftentimes appear from one's nafs or whisperings of the shaytan who persistently tries to mislead humanity with whatever tricks he can use.
2] You are not accountable for the strange things you do in your dreams and the deeds of a sleeping person are not being recorded by Allah's recording Angels. Allahu A'lam.
3] A wet dream that is seen while a Muslim is fasting does not invalidate their fast, since they have no complete control over the kind of dreams they choose to have. If the fasting person does not notice any sexual fluid when they wake up from an erotic dream, they are not obliged to take a ghusl bath.
4] The ghusl bath is obligatory if: A wife and husband actually have sexual intercourse, sexual fluid is released while wife and husband are making out, a Muslim wakes up from a wet dream and they emitted sexual fluids due to being sexually aroused by what they dreamt of.
5] One's prayers are invalid if the person prays while they know they're in a state of sexual impurity.
🗒️ How to perform the ghusl bath:
1] Fix your niyyah. Have the intention that you're about to take ghusl for Allah's sake to purify yourself from any sexual impurity.
2] Say "Bismillah" to yourself instead of mentioning Allah's Name loudly in the bathroom.
3] Wash hands three times.
4] Wash the private parts with your left hand an odd number of times.
5] Perform wudhu/ablution.
6] Wash the head well before the body, making sure the water reaches all your hair strands.
7] Pour water over the right side of your body, then the left side of your body an odd number of times.
8] Finally wash your feet before exiting the bathroom.
9] If you want to pray after the ghusl bath, you should perform another wudhu/ablution specifically intended for praying.
And Allah the Almighty knows best.
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📖 Abu Qatadah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The good dream is from Allah and the bad dream is from shaytan. Whoever sees something that he dislikes, let him blow towards his left side three times and seek refuge from the shaytan. Verily, it will not harm him and shaytan cannot appear in my form."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6594
Sahih Muslim 2261
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
📖 Ali Ibn Abi Talib RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The pen is lifted from three people (their deeds during these three states are not being recorded by Allah's recording Angels): A sleeping person until he awakens, a child until he becomes an adult, and an insane person until he regains his sanity."
In another narration, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "...A young boy until he reaches puberty."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1423
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 It was narrated from Umm Salamah RadhiAllahu 'anha that a woman said: "O Messenger of Allah, Allah is not shy to tell the truth. Does a woman have to perform Ghusl if she has a wet dream?" He said: "Yes, if she sees the water (the fluid / sexual discharge)."
Umm Salamah RadhiAllahu 'anha laughed and said: "Do women really have wet dreams?" The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "How else would her child resemble her?"
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
English translation: Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 197
Arabic reference: Book 1, Hadith 198
📖 Aisha RadhiAllahu 'anha narrated: 'When the Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam took a ritual bath (ghusl) for major impurity, he began by washing his hands, then he would perform an ablution as if for prayer. Then, he SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam would put his fingers in the water and wash the roots of his hair with them, then he would pour three handfuls of water over his head and pour water all over his body.'
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 245
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
https://youtu.be/Bcr4NLJsLyY
https://abdurrahman.org/2015/06/12/a-wet-dream-during-the-daytime-in-ramadan-shaykh-bin-baaz/
https://www.abukhadeejah.com/beginning-the-fast-in-the-state-of-janabah-sexual-impurity/
