How to Take a Wajib Bath After Ejaculating, from Intention to Pouring Water

Illustration of mandatory bathing (ANTARA)

YOGYAKARTA - Compulsory bathing is an obligation that must be carried out by men after having sex until the discharge of semen or caused by wet dreams. Compulsory bathing is carried out with the aim of eliminating major hadats. The procedure for compulsory bathing after ejaculation is started by reading the intention. For more complete information, see the following article.

How to Take a Wajib Bath After Ejaculating​

Reported by NU Online, there are two mandatory bathing rituals that must be carried out, namely reading the intention and washing the whole body with water. The intention can be read in the heart or pronounced orally.

However, it should be noted that the intention read during the big bath needs to be adjusted to the cause of the big bath. The reason is that there are many different conditions that require a person to take a big bath, for example, because of the discharge of semen for sexual reasons, or because after giving birth, after menstruation, until because of death.

This means that the procedure for bathing is mandatory because the ejaculation is initiated by reading the intention according to the cause. In this context, it is caused by semen.

In a scientific article entitled Medical View of the Compulsory Bath Order in Islam written by Elfata Shafa Azzahra and published in the Mutiara Journal, it is explained that the obligatory bath begins with intention. The following is the procedure for bathing junub after the discharge of semen.

Reading the intention and prayer of junub bath

For the case of a big bath because semen comes out, the intention that can be read is as follows.

I have enjoined washing in order to raise the greater event of being close to Allah, the Exalted.

Nawaitul ghusla liraf'il hadatsil akbari fardhol lillaahi ta'aala

This means:

I intend to take a big bath to remove the fardu major hadas because Allah Ta'ala

Wash hands with soap

After reading the intention, continue by washing your hands three times. This washing can be done with soap to ensure that your hands are clean and free of dirt.

Clean the intimate area

If your hands are clean, continue to clean your body, especially in the genital area. You can clean the spot with soap and then rinse it with running water. Make sure the body water is clean from semen or madzi water.

Wash your hands again

Wash your hands again with soap after cleaning the dirty areas of your body. Make sure that the spaces between your hands and nails are accessible to water.

Take wudhu as usual

Take wudhu as if you were going to pray. Try to keep wudhu from being invalid before continuing to the next process.

Clean the hair and the gaps between them

The next step is to wet the head with water three times. Make sure you wash your hair to the hair gaps to the base using your fingers.

Body wash with water

Start to wet the body with water from the right side then continue to the left side. Do the wetting three times. Make sure the water flows through the curves of the body and its folds.

That is the procedure for mandatory bathing after ejaculation. Visit VOI.id for other interesting information.