What is meant by "ghassala" (washed/bathed) in the Hadith, "Whoever washes (ghassala) and takes a bath (ightasala), and comes early (bakkara) and seeks to be early (ibtakara)"? And is the unmarried person deprived of this virtue? And how can a married person act upon this Hadith in Ramadan? And when does "coming early" (at-tabkeer) occur?

Scholars differed in interpreting "man ghasala wa-ghtasala" (who washed and was washed): some said "ghasala" (washed) means he washed his head, and "ightasala" (was washed/performed ghusl) means he washed the rest of his body, and this is the preferred view. Others said "ghasala" means he had intercourse with his wife, thus making ghusl obligatory upon her, and this is the opinion of many people. As for the reward for observing Friday and its etiquettes, it is equal for both the single and the married, as stated in the hadith of Salman al-Farsi. Intercourse with one's wife on Friday does not permit a fasting person to have intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan. Hastening to Friday prayer begins from the beginning of the day, and it was also said from sunrise, and some said from dawn.