Short answer
Yes. A complete ghusl also gives you wudu, so you can pray straight after it without a separate wudu, as long as nothing broke your wudu during or after it. In the Hanafi school even an ordinary shower counts, if you rinse your mouth, get water into your nose and wash every part of your body.
A valid ghusl removes the minor impurity too, so no separate wudu is needed. Intention is a sunnah, not a condition, in the Hanafi school, so a full shower that includes rinsing the mouth and nose lifts both janabah and the need for wudu, though you only earn the reward with intention.
Other madhhabs
- Shafi'i
- Intention is a condition. A ghusl intended for janabah also lifts the minor impurity, but a shower with no intention of purification does not count.
- Maliki
- Intention and rubbing the body are conditions. A ghusl for janabah is enough for wudu if nothing broke it.
- Hanbali
- Intention is a condition. Ghusl counts for wudu when you intend to lift both, or intend purification for prayer.
Explanation
The sunnah way of ghusl begins with wudu, as Aisha described the Prophet's ﷺ ghusl: he washed his hands, made wudu as for prayer, then poured water over his whole body. She also reported that he did not make wudu after ghusl. A complete ghusl washes every limb of wudu, so the minor impurity is lifted with the major one.
For a Hanafi, the fard parts of ghusl are three: rinsing the whole mouth, getting water into the soft part of the nose, and washing every part of the body. If your shower included all three, you have ghusl and wudu, whether or not you planned it as worship.
Common situations:
- Ordinary shower without rinsing the mouth or nose: not a valid ghusl for a Hanafi. For wudu, though, mouth and nose are sunnah, so if you washed your face, arms, head and feet, you have wudu.
- Something broke your wudu in the shower, such as passing wind or urinating: your ghusl stands, but you need a fresh wudu before prayer.
- Touching your private parts in the shower: does not break wudu in the Hanafi school, so no need to repeat it.
For the full method see how to do ghusl.
The evidence
Sahih al-Bukhari 248
Sahih... ثم يتوضا كما يتوضا للصلاة ...
"Then he would make wudu as he made wudu for prayer."
Wudu is part of the sunnah ghusl.
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 107
Graded sahih... كان لا يتوضا بعد الغسل ...
"He would not make wudu after ghusl."
Shows that ghusl was enough for prayer without a separate wudu.
Where the ruling is recorded
- al-Hidaya, Kitab al-Taharat, chapter on ghusl. The fard acts of ghusl: rinsing the mouth, the nose and washing the whole body.
- Radd al-Muhtar (Ibn Abidin), Kitab al-Taharah, sunnahs of wudu. Intention is a sunnah, not a condition, for wudu and ghusl.
- al-Majmu' (Nawawi), Kitab al-Taharah, chapter on ghusl. Whether ghusl for janabah includes wudu.
This answer is pending review by the scholars on our team. Quran translation by Sahih International. Hadith Arabic from the standard editions of the six books and the Muwatta, with gradings as recorded there; the English is our own rendering. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.