A man performing his ghusl for janabah with interruptions

In Ibrahim's view, there is no harm in doing the ritual bath for janabah in separate parts.

Al-Hasan saw no harm in a person, during the ritual bath for janabah, washing his head before his body or his body before his head.

Abd al-Rahman bin Harmalah said: A man from my family performed the ritual bath for janabah but forgot to wash his head. He told me to ask Sa'id bin al-Musayyib about the matter. I asked him, and he said: "Let him go back and wash his head." So I went and poured water for him from the ablution water until he had washed his head.

Al-Zuhri said: Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman used to keep relations with a slave-girl in secret from his wife, and he disliked that his household should come to know of it. So he would wash his body up to his throat and would not wash his head, lest they come to know of it from his wet hair. Then he would come to his family and say: "I have a pain in my head," and he would call for khatmi (a cleansing herb) and wash his head with it.