Rule 73

If a person touches the dead human body which has become cold and has not yet been given Ghusl (i.e. brings any part of his own body in contact with the deceased), then he must perform a Ghusl, regardless of whether he touched it while asleep or awake, voluntarily or otherwise. A Ghusl will also become Wajib if his nail or bone touches the nail or bone of the dead body. However, Ghusl is not obligatory if one touches a dead animal.

Rule 74

If someone touches a dead body which has not yet become entirely cold, then Ghusl will not be Wajib, even if the part that was touched has become cold.

Rule 75

If a person brings his hair in contact with the body of a deceased, or if his body touches the hair of the deceased, or if his hair touches the hair of the deceased, then Ghusl will not become obligatory.

Rule 76

If someone touches a dead child or a foetus in which life has entered into it, then the Ghusl for touching it will become obligatory. Hence, if a stillborn child, whose body has become cold, comes in contact with the outer part of the mother’s body, then the mother must perform a Ghusl for touching the dead body. In fact, as an obligatory precaution, she must perform Ghusl even if the child did not touch the outer part of her body.

Rule 77

A child who is born after its mother has died, and her body has become cold, and if it touches any outer part of the mother’s dead body, then it must do Ghusl on attaining the age of puberty. In fact, it must perform a Ghusl, even if it did not touch the mother’s body, as a precaution.

Rule 78

If a person touches the dead body after it has been given three obligatory Ghusls, then the Ghusl for touching the body is not Wajib.

However, if he touches any part of the dead body before the completion of the three Ghusls, then he must perform a Ghusl for touching the dead body, even if the third Ghusl of that part which he has touched may have been completed.

Rule 79

If an insane person, or a minor, touches a dead body; then the insane person would perform the Ghusl when he becomes sane, and similarly the minor child would do Ghusl when he attains the age of puberty.

Rule 80

If a part (of the body) is separated from a living person, or from a dead body which has not yet been given the Ghusls, and a person touches that separated part, then one does not have to do any Ghusl even if that separated part contains bones.

Rule 81

It is not obligatory to perform a Ghusl for touching a separated bone which has not yet been given Ghusl, whether it has been separated from a dead body or a living person. The same rule applies to touching the teeth, which have been separated from a dead body or a living person.

Rule 82

The method of performing the Ghusl for touching the dead body is the same as that of Ghusl for Janabah. However, for a person who has done Ghusl for touching a dead body, the recommended precaution is that he must also perform Wudhu when he has to pray.

Rule 83

One Ghusl is sufficient for one who touches several corpses or touches the same corpse a number of times.

Rule 84

A person who has not yet performed a Ghusl after touching a dead body is not prohibited from halting or pausing in a Masjid, from having sexual intercourse with his spouse, or from reciting the verses of the Holy Qur’an which contain an obligatory Sajdah. However, he must perform a Ghusl for offering prayers or for other similar acts of worship.