Is ghusl needed after Funeral prayers?

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Shaykh Ilyas Patel

Answered by Shaykh Ilyas Patel

After reading Janaza namaz, are we supposed to have a shower or bath and change our clothes? Is there any thing like that in fiqh?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Allama Hasan Shurunbulali states in his excellent Maraqi’l-Falah as follows:

“It is praiseworthy [but not obligatory] to take a bath in sixteen circumstances:

…[5] after washing a dead body, to take one out of the differences of opinion who necessitate taking a bath after washing the deceased.”
(Allama Hasan Shurunbulali, Maraqi’l-Falah pg 86)

Also wudhu is praiseworthy as is mentioned by Allama Shurubulali in Maraqi’l-Falah as follows:

“Wudhu is of three kinds: compulsory, necessary and praiseworthy.

… Third, when wudhu is praiseworthy…after washing the deceased and carrying a dead body. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, ‘whoever washes the deceased, let him take a bath and whoever carries it let him do wudhu.’
(Allama Hasan Shurunbulali, Maraqi’l-Falah pg 67)

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