Purity: When Does Ghusl Become Obligatory for Women Due to Emission or Sexual Arousal?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: When Does Ghusl Become Obligatory for Women Due to Emission or Sexual Arousal?

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Question #170

In respect of women’s nocturnal emission, when does ghusl become obligatory for them? Is the discharge that comes out at the time of caressing and foreplay considered manī? And is it obligatory for them to perform ghusl despite the fact that they do not have an orgasm or do not feel weakness in the body? In general, when do women become junub without intercourse?

Answer #170

When a woman reaches orgasm and a fluid is discharged from her, she becomes junub and ghusl of janābah becomes obligatory for her. But if she doubts whether she reached such a stage or not or whether the discharge came out or not, ghusl would not be obligatory for her.

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