A man had sexual relations with his wife, however he did not ejaculate, and he prayed (in that state) for a period of one week; and after that, one of the youth said to him, “It is upon you to make Ghusl and to repeat the Prayer.” So is this obligatory upon him or not? A – Firstly, it is obligatory that we know that the Ghusl is obligatory upon us in one of the three conditions: u Ejaculation, even (if this happened) without sexual relations. u Sexual relations, even (if this happens) without ejaculating. u Sexual relations and ejaculating. The man should repeat his prayers that he prayed before he made the Ghusl, because the man was in (a state of) neglect. It was obligatory on him to ask the people of knowledge, and to repeat all of these prayers. Meaning, he does not pray each prayer along with its equivalent. Instead, he prayers them all together. – Sheikh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen; Liqa'at-ul-Baab-il- Maftooh, vol 1, no. 522 Preaching without practicing Q- If after repeated attempts, a person is not able to act upon something that he exhorts others to do, is it still permissible for him to call others to do that? What if he does so supposing that the person he is calling will be able to practice what he himself failed to do? A – When one is inviting others to do a good thing that he himself is not capable of doing, then yes, he should call others to do it. An example of this is if someone calls others to pray late at night while he himself is not able to do so. If someone calls others to give charity, but he himself has no sufficient resources to give in charity, then we tell him to go ahead and invite others to give in charity. But as for him calling to something that he is capable of doing but doesn't then this is being foolish in intellect and astray in religion. – Sheikh Bin Uthaymeen; Fatawa Islamiyah, vol. 8, pg. 56 __
