(1) If a woman’s urine reaches the vaginal outlet, she must perform ghusl (the full ritual bath); mere istijmar (dry cleansing with stones or similar means) is not enough, because the two exits differ. Yet al-Mughni records another possibility: ghusl is not obligatory and istijmar suffices, a position affirmed in both the Sharh and al-Raiaya, on the basis that such overflow is normal for women just as other forms are normal for men. I say—this, God willing, is the correct view. This is indicated by their phrase “the usual place”; had they meant the first opinion, they would have said “the point of discharge” or “the exit.” On that first view no woman’s istijmar would ever be valid, for the described overflow is inevitable—an untenable conclusion. God knows best. (Hashiyat al-Labdi, p. 16) (2) Reported by Ibn Majah, no. 297, from the hadith of Ali; it is authentic through its corroborating and supporting chains. (3) Reported by al-Bukhari, no. 142, and Muslim, 122/375, from the hadith of Anas. (4) Reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 7, from the hadith of Aisha; al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar states in Natayij al-Afkar, 1/214: “This hadith is hasan sahih.” (5) Reported by Ibn Majah, no. 301, from the hadith of Anas; Ibn Hajar comments in Natayij al-Afkar, 1/217: “Ibn Majah produced it in this form; its transmitters are all trustworthy except Ismail.”