Bath without shampoo
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Salaam, Brother i use a cream for my
hairs which is made up of ingredients taken from animals. If i take a bath using shampoo it cleans my hairs properly if i take a bath without shampoo there is some cream left
because i can feel the oiliness in my hairs. Can you
please advise me that will my prayers be valid if i
take a bath without shampoo though i take a bath
properly the way advised.
Will really appreciate if you can reply soon
Salaam
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Answer:
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Q-1:
Brother i use a cream for my hairs which is made up
of ingredients taken from animals.
There is
absolutely no harm and no restriction in islam
in using a cream made up of ingredients taken from animals.
Q-2:
Can you please advise me that will my prayers be valid if i
take a bath without shampoo though i take a bath
properly the way advised.
There is
absolutely no obligation that one has to use a shampoo to take a bath or ‘ghusl’. What is
obligatory is that water is used as a purifying element when taking a full bath, and nothing of the body parts must be left dry. If one fulfills this condition using water,
regardless of whether or not one uses extra cleaning substances like soaps or
shampoos, etc.; one will be considered pure and available for offering his/her
prayers.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan