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I woke up and made ghusl and prayed as I usually do every morning. Two hours later I found out that I was junub. Should I repeat my ghusl in this case or the first ghusl is enough? Bearing in mind that I did not intend to clear the janaba while making ghusl.

Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

If a

person prays then realizes that he was junub, he must do ghusl and repeat

the prayer; his first ghusl does not count that he did as a habit or to keep

clean, without the intention to remove janaabah, because the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Actions are but by

intentions and each person will have but that which he intended.” Narrated

by al-Bukhaari (1) and Muslim (1907).

Ibn

Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Mughni (1/158): If

he intended to do an act of purification for something for which

purification is not prescribed, such as to cool down, and he did not intend

the purification that is prescribed in sharee’ah, then the impurity is not

removed because he did not have the intention of purification, so it does

not count as anything.

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Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)
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