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Whoever performs the bath for janabah (major impurity) while mindful of Friday and intending by that washing both the removal of janabah and the Sunnah bath of Jumuʿah, the single bath suffices for the two. If, however, he bathes for janabah without bringing Friday to mind, the washing is not counted as the Friday bath, though this in no way harms the validity of his Friday prayer.

Some later Mālikī scholars have asserted that if one intends both janabah and the Friday bath in a single washing, the act suffices for neither, on the grounds that an obligation may not be combined with a recommended practice. This view contradicts Mālik and the overwhelming majority of the early scholars, and it is of no consequence.

It is related that Ibn ʿUmar would perform one bath for both janabah and Jumuʿah. Sunayd narrated: Al-Faraj ibn Faḍālah told us, “I asked al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Ḥārith about a man who bathes on Friday for janabah and for Jumuʿah—does that single washing suffice him?” He replied, “Makḥūl said, ‘If he does so, it suffices, and he will receive two rewards.’”

It is impermissible to break up one’s wuḍūʾ or ghusl without a valid excuse. The only acceptable excuses are forgetfulness or a shortage of water. If water is lacking, the person may resume from where he left off so long as the interval is not unduly prolonged; if the gap is lengthy, he must begin the wuḍūʾ anew.

Whoever forgets a portion of his wuḍūʾ—or of his bath—must make up that specific part, whether the interruption be long or short, without repeating the entire ablution in fragmented fashion. Whoever deliberately breaks up his wuḍūʾ or