Is it permissible to use a condom to avoid the wife becoming ritually impure and thus not having to perform ghusl, especially if circumstances prevent daily bathing, or if water would spoil her hairstyle?
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The condom does not negate the necessity of performing al- (ritual bath after sexual impurity). A woman is not required to undo her braided hair for ghusl al-janabah; it suffices for her to pour three handfuls of water over her head and then pour water over her body. If you wish for the wife not to be always obligated to perform ghusl, intimacy can be enjoyed with her in ways other than intercourse until ejaculation occurs without her ejaculating. However, if she ejaculates, ghusl becomes obligatory for her.
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