When is it Mustahab, i.e. desirable, to take a bath?
Query:
When is it Mustahab, i.e. desirable, to take a bath?
Answer:
It is Mustahab to make Ghusl:
For Waqoof e Arafat
For Waqoof at Muzdalifa
Before presenting yourself in the Holy Haram
Before presenting yourself in the Holy Court of Rasoolullah
For Tawaaf
For entering Mina
To pelt the Jamraat with pebbles on all 3 days
For Shab-e-Bara’at & Shab-e-Qadr
On the Night of Arafat
Before going to a Meelad Shareef & other blessed gatherings
After bathing a deceased
After an insane person starts to regain his sanity
After regaining consciousness from an unconscious state
After starting to come out of an intoxicated state
After repenting (making Tauba) from your sins
Before wearing new clothing
After returning from a journey
After the blood of Istihaaza stops
For Namaaz of Lunar and Solar Eclipse
For Salaat ul Istisqa (to pray for rain)
During times of fear and darkness
When being pounded by fierce winds
If there is impurity on the body and one does not know where on the body it is.
References:
Bahar e Shariat vol. 2, Sadr al-Shariah Allama Amjad Ali Aazmi
[ English Translation ]
Mufti Afthab Cassim al-Qadri Ridawi Noori,
Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center,
Durban, South Africa.