367. In a sequential ghusl, with the intention of performing ghusl, one should first wash his head and neck, and then his body. Based on obligatory precaution, he should first wash the right side of his body and then the left side. If a person washes his head after washing his body, either intentionally or out of forgetfulness, or due to his ignorance of the ruling, it will be sufficient for him to wash his body again. If he washes the right side of his body after the left side, based on obligatory precaution he should wash the left side again. To claim that a sequential ghusl can be materialized by moving each of the three parts under running water with the intention of ghusl, is problematic.
368. Based on obligatory precaution, half of the navel and half of the private parts should be washed with the right side of the body and the other half with the left side. Better still, the entire navel and private parts should be washed when washing each side.
369. In order to attain certainty that one has washed all the three parts—the head and the neck, the right side and the left side—completely, he should wash a portion of the other parts along with the part that he is washing; rather, the recommended precaution is that he should wash the entire right area of the neck along with the right side of the body, and the entire left area of the neck along with the left side of the body.
369. In order to attain certainty that one has washed all the three parts—the head and the neck, the right side and the left side—completely, he should wash a portion of the other parts along with the part that he is washing; rather, the recommended precaution is that he should wash the entire right area of the neck along with the right side of the body, and the entire left area of the neck along with the left side of the body.
371. If a person realizes after performing ghusl that he has not washed a part of his body, and it is located on the left side of his body, washing the unwashed area will be sufficient. If however, it is located on the right side of his body, he should first wash the unwashed area, and then based on obligatory precaution he should wash the entire left side of his body. If the unwashed area is located on the head or the neck, having washed the area, he should wash his entire body, and based on obligatory precaution, he should wash the right side before the left.
372. If someone doubts about having washed a part of the left side prior to completing his ghusl, then washing that very area will suffice. If however, having washed a part of the left side, he doubts about having washed a part of the right side, based on obligatory precaution, he should wash the area in doubt and then wash the entire left side. If he doubts about having washed a part of the head or neck, and is engaged in washing another part of his body, his doubt will not be credible and his ghusl will be valid.
