Is it obligatory to wash the anus (dubur) during ghusl al-janabah (ritual bath after sexual impurity), and what is the ruling on doubting whether water reached it?
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If a person experiences frequent doubts, they should disregard them. Therefore, if you have many doubts about water reaching the posterior area, do not pay attention to such doubts. It is mentioned in "Maṭālib ʾUlī al-Nuhā" that frequent doubts concerning ablution (wuḍūʾ), ritual bathing (), removal of impurity (ʾizālat al-najāsa), and dry ablution () must be dismissed and ignored, because they lead to a kind of exaggeration and excessiveness.
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