´Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari narrated that:` The Prophet said: "The five daily prayers, from one Friday to the next, and fulfilling the trust are all expiation for whatever (sins) come between them." I said: "What is fulfilling the trust?" He said: Having a bath to cleanse oneself from sexual impurity, for under every hair there is the state of sexual impurity."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
The ritual bath (ghusl) for major ritual impurity (janabah) has been described as the fulfillment of a trust (amanah), meaning just as it is obligatory to return a trust to its rightful owner, in the same way, performing the ritual bath for janabah is absolutely necessary, because without the ritual bath, the impurity of janabah will not be removed.
(2)
Regarding those deeds about which it is said that they become expiation (kaffarah), what is meant are minor sins (saghirah), because major sins (kabirah) are not forgiven by any deed, but only through sincere repentance (tawbah) or by the special mercy of Allah Ta'ala.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 598