How to Perform the Ritual Bath (Ghusl) in Islam

The method of ghusl i.e ritual bath, involves the following steps:

1. Make the niyyah (intention) to perform ghusl for purification, and say In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful in your heart.

2. Wash your private parts thoroughly with water.

3. Perform wudhu’ (ablution) except for washing of your feet, which you can do later while bathing the body.
   

4. Wash the entire body, starting with your head and the right side, followed by the left.

5. It is preferred that the whole body be washed three times. The minimum is once.

NOTE:
Sunnah of Ghusl

1. Washing both the hands up to the wrists.
2. Wash the private parts and remove dirt or filth from the body.
3. Perform wudu.
4. Water should be poured over the head three times so that it flows all over the body.
5. Pour water on the right shoulder three times.
6. Pour water on the left shoulder three times.