Purity: Ruling on Prayers After Discovering Invalid Ghusl

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ruling on Prayers After Discovering Invalid Ghusl

English:

Question #195:

Someone was junub and performed the ghusl, but his ghusl was incorrect and invalid. What is his duty concerning the prayers that he has offered after such a ghusl if he did not know of its invalidity?

Answer #195:

Prayers performed with an invalid ghusl are invalid and it is obligatory to repeat them or do their qaḍā’.

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