Ghusl
In Islam means to circulate the body with pure water
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Summary
Ghusl is a ritual[1]. Ghusl draws 1,826 Wikipedia views per month (ritual category, ranking #15 of 101).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: God in Islam[3], Rabb[4], Ilah[5], Allah[6]
- Religion or worldview: Islam[7], Sufism[8]
- Instance of: Islamic term[9]
- Item operated: Hadath Akbar[10], Islamic funeral[11], Khisal al-Fitra[12]
- Maintained by: God in Islam[13]
- Physically interacts with: Qalab[14], intimate parts in Islam[15], Farj[16], Sadr[17]
- Operator: Muslim[18], ummah[19], Ḥizb Allāh[20]
- Named after: bathing[21]
- Based on: waḥy[22], Tanzil[23], Qur’an[24], Sunnah[25], hadith[26], prophetic biography[27]
- Follows: niyyah[28], Basmala[29], Qibla[30]
- Followed by: wudu[31], salah[32], Tilawa[33]
- Part of the series: Ahkam[34], Fard[35], wadjib[36]
- Made from material: Pure water in Islam[37], water in Islam[38], miswak[39]
- Location: wudu basin[40]
- Subclass of: worship in Islam[41], ablution[42]
- Part of: ritual purity in Islam[43], fiqh[44], Islamic jurisprudence of worship[45]
- Has use: salah[46], Tilawa[47], ṭawāf[48]
- Commons category: Ghusl[49]
- Commemorates: Islamic exorcism[50], Medication in Islam[51], chastity in Islam[52]
- Terminus: Shahada[53], Dua[54], sunnah salah[55]
- Main subject: conversion to Islam[56], sexuality in Islam[57], Islamic view of death[58]
- Facet of: Five Pillars of Islam[59], pillars of faith in Islam[60]
- Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[61]
- Replaces: Tayammum[62]
- Start point: human head[63], human thorax[64], free upper limb[65]
Why It Matters
Ghusl has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] Ghusl is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]