# Why Ghusl May Be Invalid: Missed Areas and Nail Polish

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117338189824233962
- Source account: [@temathros](https://x.com/temathros)
- Source language: Turkish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:34
- Published: 2026-11-03
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- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/tr/gus%C3%BCl-abdesti-neden-ge%C3%A7ersiz-olur-unutulan-yerler-ve-oje.md

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish) You showered, but your ghusl wasn't valid.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish?t=2) Why do you think? Because you missed a spot.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish?t=5) If even a pinhead- sized dry spot remains on the body, ghusl isn't valid. “Wa in kuntum junuban fattahharu.” That means, if you are in a state of major ritual impurity, cleanse yourselves thoroughly.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish?t=16) That's why, in the Hanafi school, the mouth must also be rinsed and the nose washed.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish?t=21) The spots people most often miss are the navel, pierced earlobes, behind the ears, and the roots of the hair.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish?t=27) Also, nail polish is waterproof. So what should you do now?

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8g36BVAfaq0v/en/why-ghusl-may-be-invalid-missed-areas-and-nail-polish?t=31) ?