Unable to make ghusl with cold water

· 10 Rabiʻ I 1437 AH1 min readEnglish
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Question

Some nights I become impure by wet dream and at time of fajr water is so cold, if I take a bath I would fall in cold and fever. Although time is so limited that if I boil water I must miss the salaah. In this circumstance can I just make wudu instead of ghusl and perform fajr?

Answer

No. If you cannot manage to bath with the cold water, then you should heat the water, make ghusal and thereafter perform your Salaah.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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