Ghusal after a wet dream
Question
If I get a wet dream before fajr, can I skip the ghusal and wash off all the impurities and pray my salaah?
Answer
If through the wet dream semen was released, you will become impure and therefore ghusal will be compulsory upon you. Merely washing off the impurity and making wudhu will not suffice.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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