Mālik likewise used to recommend performing a ghusl after washing a corpse, but he later refrained from that view because of the report about Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays. When she washed her husband Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) she asked the Emigrants and the Helpers who were present in large numbers that day, “Am I obliged to bathe?” They replied, “No.”

Whenever intercourse takes place between an adult and a minor, the ghusl is incumbent upon whichever of the two has reached puberty—male or female—and it is not required of the one who has not yet attained puberty. The legal markers of puberty will be treated at the beginning of the Book of Fasting, Allah willing. Some of our colleagues maintain that a woman need not bathe when a boy penetrates her unless she experiences orgasm, likening the matter to inserting a finger; but the sound position is the one I have just mentioned. There is, however, unanimous agreement that a man who penetrates a young girl must perform a ghusl once penetration occurs, even if he does not ejaculate.

If semen leaves a person without pleasure or sexual desire, no ghusl is required; he merely performs wudu—unless the flow is chronic, in which case the earlier ruling applies.

Should someone bathe because penetration has taken place, then pray, and only afterwards have the gushing fluid emerge, the reports from Mālik and his companions differ. One opinion says that no new ghusl is required and that he need only renew his wudu; this is the settled position of the school. Another opinion states that a further ghusl is required—this is the more precautionary view—yet he does not have to repeat the prayer already performed.