Chapter 17
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 17
What to say when performing ghusl (major ablution)
Context
IT IS MUSTAḤABB, when taking a ghusl, to say all that we have mentioned in connection with wuḍū’, such as the name of Allah and other things. It makes no difference whether one is doing ghusl because of ritual impurity or [after] menstruation. Some of our [Shāfi‘ī] colleagues say that people should not mention the name of Allah while in a state of major ritual impurity or menstruating. The correct view is that it is mustaḥabb for them, as for others; but it is not permissible for them if they intend thereby [to recite] the Qur’ān.