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Sahih al-Bukhari 258 (Book 5, Hadith 11) #258
The Prophet's Ritual After Taking A Bath

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) would take a bath after sexual relations or wet dreams and use a scent afterwards. He would rub it on his head in a specific way.

Narrated 'Aisha: Whenever the Prophet took the bath of Janaba (sexual relation or wet dream) he asked for the Hilab or some other scent. He used to take it in his hand, rub it first over the right side of his head and then over the left and then rub the middle of his head with both hands.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ دَعَا بِشَىْءٍ نَحْوَ الْحِلاَبِ، فَأَخَذَ بِكَفِّهِ، فَبَدَأَ بِشِقِّ رَأْسِهِ الأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ الأَيْسَرِ، فَقَالَ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ‏.‏

TOPICS
ritual  *  bath  *  scent  *  janaba  *  hilab

QUICK LESSONS:
Take baths after sexual relations/wet dreams and use scents afterwards for purification purposes. Respect yourself by performing this ritual properly as taught by the prophet ﷺ .

EXPLANATIONS:
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us many things about how to live our lives according to the teachings of Islam. One of these teachings is that when one has sexual relations or experiences a wet dream, they should take a bath afterwards. After taking the bath, the Prophet ﷺ would then use some sort of scent such as hilab and rub it on his head in three parts - first on the right side, then on the left side and finally in the middle with both hands. This ritual was done by him as an act of purification and cleanliness after taking a bath following sexual relations or wet dreams.

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