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THE GHUSL

1. A bench, stand or platform on which the Ghusl will be carried out must be washed cleaned and fumigated with Lobaan or any other Paak aromatic, three, five or seven times.
2. If possible, it is desirable that the body would be made to face the Qiblah during Ghusl.
3. No hair of the Head, beard or any other part of the body must be cut, shaved, trimmed or combed. The nails too should not be cut. Circumcision is also not permissible. All rings, jewelry, wigs, etc. should be removed. Where the false teeth of the dead person can easily be removed, these should preferably be taken out.
4. Thereafter the body must be put on the stand, the Sare Awrat covered (for males from the navel to below the knees, and for females from above the breast to the ankles.)
5. The stomach must gently be massaged, then both of the Istinja places must be washed with mittens on, without looking at the private parts.
6. The nostrils, ears, and mouth should be closed with cotton wool to prevent water entering the body during Ghusl.
7. If the deceased has reached the age of puberty, and was one on whom Namaaz was Fardh, he must be given Wudhu. This Wudhu is similar to that of Namaa, with the exception of gargling and putting water into the nostrils. The proper sequence should be to wash: (1) The face (2) arms to the elbows (3) Masah of the head and (4) feet up to the ankles.
8. If the dead person is in a state of Janaabat, Haiz, Nifaas where Ghusl is Waajib on him/her the mouth has to be gargled and nostrils wetted. This can be done with a little wet cotton wool with which the mouth and nostrils be wetted and cleaned.
9. After the Wudhu the head and beard should first be washed with soap, or any other cleaning agent. If these are not readily available pure clean water will suffice. The temperature of the water must be that which a living person normally uses when bathing.
10. Thereafter the body should be tilted onto its left side to allow the right side to be washed first. Warm water must now be poured over the body from head to toes once, and the body must be washed with soap until the water has reached the bottom (left side). The body must now be washed again twice by pouring water from head to toe. Now the body must be turned onto its right side and the left side bathed similarly.
11. Thereafter the body must be lifted slightly to a sitting position, and the stomach be gently massaged with a downward stroke. Whatever comes out of the body by this must be washed away. The Wudhu and Ghusl need not be repeated in case any impurity does come out.
12. The body must once again be turned onto is left side and camphor water poured over it from head to toe three times.
13. Now all the cotton wool should be removed from the mouth, ears and nose.
14. With this, the Ghusl is complete and the body could be wiped with a towel or piece of material. The Satre Awart must be kept covered. The first Teh’band will be wet due to the Ghusl so it must be changed for a second one. Care should be taken that while doing this the Satre Awart is not exposed.
15. The body must then be wrapped in a sheet, and carried carefully onto the Kafn.