such as the hair of the eyebrows and the eyelashes. The second view is that it is not obligatory, which is supported by the words of Al-Khiraqi, and it is the position of Abu Hanifa, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "It suffices you to pour three handfuls of water over your head," while she had informed him of the tightness of her braided hair. Typically, such an amount would not wet the hair when it is tightly braided. Furthermore, if it were obligatory to wet it, it would be obligatory to unbraid it so that one could be certain that the ghusl had reached it. Moreover, hair is not considered a part of the living being, evidenced by the fact that it does not become impure upon death, it has no life in it, touching it on a woman does not invalidate ablution, and she is not divorced by its divorce; thus, washing it for janabah is not obligatory, similar to one's clothes. As for the hadith, "Wet the hair," it is narrated only by Al-Harith ibn Wajih (19), who is a weak narrator, from Malik ibn Dinar. As for the eyebrows, they must be washed because washing them is a necessity of washing the skin beneath them. Likewise, any hair whose washing is a necessity of washing the skin beneath it must be washed, as the obligatory act is not complete without it. If we hold the view that washing it is obligatory, and one leaves washing some of it, the ghusl is not complete. If one cuts the unwashed part, the ghusl is completed (20) because nothing remains on his body that has not been washed. If one washed it and then it was cut off, it is not obligatory to wash the place where it was cut (21), and that does not detract from his ghusl.

Section: The ghusl for menstruation is like the ghusl for janabah, except for the matter of unbraiding the hair, and it is recommended that she performs ghusl with water and lotus leaves (sidr). She should take a piece of cloth scented with musk and follow the path of the blood and the area of her private part that the water reaches, in order to remove the foulness and odor of the blood. If she does not find musk, she may use another perfume; if she finds none, then water is sufficient and adequate. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that Asma' asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about the ghusl for menstruation, and he said: "One of you should take her lotus leaves and water, then purify herself and perform the purification well. Then she should take a piece of cloth scented with musk and purify herself with it." Asma' asked: "And how do I purify myself with it?" He replied: "Subhan Allah! Purify yourself with it." Aisha then said, as if she were concealing it: "Follow the traces of blood." Narrated by Muslim (23). The fursa (piece of cloth) is a piece of anything.