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What is the ruling on delaying ghusl and prayer due to being preoccupied with work and family tasks?

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Prayer holds a great status in Islam; it is the first deed of a Muslim that will be examined. Allah has warned those who are negligent in it. Delaying the ghusl (ritual bath) after menstruation, once purity is confirmed, is a grave sin, due to the consequent abandonment of prayer, which is not valid without purification. A Muslim woman must hasten to perform ghusl and make up all the prayers she missed after her menstruation ends, and she should increase in seeking forgiveness and sincere repentance.

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