Back to search

Does touching the penis while performing ghusl (ritual bath) after major ritual impurity invalidate the wudu (ablution) taken beforehand?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

The majority of scholars hold that touching the male organ nullifies ablution. Therefore, if a person performs ablution during ghusl (ritual bath) and then touches his male organ during the ghusl, his ablution becomes invalid. However, this does not affect the validity of the ghusl itself.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy