Question:
Does leakage after sex necessitate ghusl?
Answer:
Dear questioner,
Thank you for your important question.
May Allah, Most High reward you for your desire to increase in knowledge.
It is not necessary for a woman who finds her husband’s semen leak out of her vagina to repeat the major ablution (ghusl). However, she is required to make a new ablution (wudu).
Any prayer she prayed between intercourse and when she spotted her husband’s semen does not need to be made up. [Ibn Abideen, al-Hashiya]
In the Hanafi school of law, semen is considered impure. The semen that leaks onto a piece of clothing must be cleaned. It is not necessary to clean any liquid impurity below 5cm in diameter.
[Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah]
[Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah]
If one finds that they often have this issue and are going out of the house, they should consider using the restroom before leaving or carrying a change of clothes.
And Allah alone knows best,
[Ustadh] Omar Popal
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani