Is ghusl fard (obligatory) in the following condition?

· 6 Jumada II 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If husband wife doing foreplay and husband is trying to enter his private part in her wife’s private part but both wearing a clothes at that time or at-least one of them wear a clothes is ghusl fard in this condition.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Ghusl will become compulsory only if the male’s private part enters the female’s private part. That is not possible if the private part is covered (clothed). (Shaami vol 1, pg 109)

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Answered by
Muhammad Bin Hisham Amod
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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