Purity: Ghusl Done in Wrong Order: Are Past Prayers and Fasts Valid?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ghusl Done in Wrong Order: Are Past Prayers and Fasts Valid?

English:

Question #197:

I used to do ghusl of janābah in this order: first, the right side of the body, then the head, and thirdly the left side. What is my duty in regard to the prayers I offered and the fasts I kept, taking into consideration that I had dealt with this issue with negligence and did not ask and investigate about it?

Answer #197:

ghusl performed in the mentioned manner is invalid and does not remove the state of janābah. Accordingly, the prayers performed with such a ghusl are invalid and making their qaḍā’ is obligatory. As for the fasts, they are considered valid as you believed that ghusl in the said manner was valid and you had not remained junub intentionally.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of an Invalid Ghusl