My evolving understanding of "ghusl"
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This is not final. I think this might be correct however I will not believe it is yet until I have 100% certainty, so I put this here if anyone can make an argument against this. What you read might seem confusing, and I apologize for that
When you wake up to perform salaat,
so (for this reason)
wash (ghusl) your faces and your hands till the elbows and wipe your heads and your feet to the ankles.
Because you have just woken up,
doing this will probably give you alertness.
I think you will all agree that when you just wake up and you splash cold water on your face you become "more awake", right?
If you are JUNUBAN
(Remote/distant Ill (mentally), on a journey, come from the toilet (mentally), sexual contact with your wife (mentally (why?)))
wash (ghusl).
If you cannot find water, put your hands on soil, then wipe your faces and your hands.I think it could only be about being mentally prepared, what other reason could there be to do Tayyammum and wipe your face after you had sex or came from the bathroom, other than to prepare your mind for the upcoming Salaat session?
Therefore, I think I might be coming to the understanding that in a normal situation where none of those things happened, then you just go to salaat without washing first. The thought that comes from this is what if I go to the bathroom or have sex, then 6 hours later it is time for salaat? This makes me think of the possibility that the beginning of 56 "When you Stand to perform salaat, so (for this reason) wash (ghusl) your faces and your hands till the elbows and wipe your heads and your feet to the ankles." could simply mean every time you are about to perform salaat.
Edit If we are to perform ghusl every time before we attend salaat, then how could anything nullify it? How can we end up in a state where we need to do it if we always need to do it anyway?
Another thing I am not sure of is from 443
and not when you are in the state of JUNUBAN
except (when) passing (through) a way
until you have TAGHTASILU.
And if you are ill
or on a journey
...
and you can't find water........
Is this saying don't attend salaat if you are in that state, until you wash. However if you are travelling you do not have to wash. Yet right after we read that we do need to wash when on a journey and what to do if we don't have water. I am wondering if " passing (through) a way " has been mistranslated? Or maybe my brain is slowing down now because I haven't slept the past night and I can see daylight now, so maybe I am misunderstanding a very obvious thing.Please correct me where I have made mistakes.
Peace