Purity: Excessive Doubts About Ghusl of Janābah Leading to Hardship

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Excessive Doubts About Ghusl of Janābah Leading to Hardship

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Question #173

I have been afflicted with doubts in the ghusl of janābah for some time, so much so that I do not have intercourse with my wife. Nevertheless, now and again I find myself in a state that I think I must perform ghusl of janābah. In fact I take ghusl twice or thrice a day. This doubting has made me helpless. What am I to do?

Answer #173

The rule concerning janābah does not apply in case of doubt unless there is a discharge accompanied by the shar‘ī signs of semen discharge, or one is certain of the discharge of semen.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Ghusl Janābah