Hawzah News Agency – There are seven obligatory ghusls:
1- the ghusl for ritual impurity (janābah);
2- the ghusl for menstruation (ḥayḍ);
3- the ghusl for lochia(1) (nifās);
4- the ghusl for irregular blood discharge (istiḥāḍah);
5- the ghusl for touching a corpse (mass al-mayyit);
6- the ghusl given to a corpse (mayyit);
7- a ghusl that becomes obligatory on account of a vow (nadhr), oath (qasam), or suchlike.
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(1) Lochia refers to blood discharge after childbirth.