Question:
What is the ruling if a person forgets to rinse his mouth or pass water into his nostrils during taking a bath? Does he have to repeat the whole bath again?
Answer:
الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب
- It is not necessary to repeat the whole process of bathing again. Just rinsing the mouth or passing water into the nostrils, as soon as he remembers, will be sufficient.
- If the person had performed any obligatory Salah with the previous bath, he must also repeat it after rinsing or passing water.
Only Allah knows best.
Answered by:
Abdullah Fahim
Imam & Khateeb, Masjid Taqwa
Kyrwicks Lane, Birmingham
24 Jumāda Al-Ākhirah 1443 AH/ 27 January 2022
احسن الفتاوى: ج 1، ص 33
قال في منية المصلي: ولو تركها ناسيا، فصلى ثم تذكر فعليه أن يتمضمض ويعيد ما صلى (مكتبة البشرى: ص 37)