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What are the types of discharge that exit a woman and necessitate ghusl (ritual bathing), and when is a woman considered to be in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity)? Is janabah only after sexual intercourse, and what are the types of discharge that exit a man and necessitate ghusl?

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The fluid that exits a woman is either vaginal discharge or semen, which necessitates ghusl. A woman becomes junub (in a state of ritual impurity) if her husband has intercourse with her, or if she has a wet dream and ejaculates.

The fluid that exits a man is either semen, which necessitates ghusl; or pre-seminal fluid (madhy), which is impure and requires washing the private parts and any part of the body it touches, and sprinkling water on clothes it touches is sufficient; or post-urinary discharge (wady), which exits after urination, is impure, and necessitates only what urine necessitates.

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