Ruling on rubbing thick hair when doing ghusl for janaabah
Question

                If a man has thick hair, does he have to rub it when doing ghusl for janaabah?.
Praise be to Allah.What is 
	required when doing ghusl is to make the water reach every part of the body. 
	If it is possible to make the water reach the scalp and go through the hair 
	and so on, then he does not have to rub it, but if it is not possible to do 
	that without rubbing it, then he has to rub it. 
What is 
	required of the one who is doing ghusl is to pour water over all of his hair 
	and make it reach the roots of his hair, whether his hair is thick or thin. 
	If he does that then his ghusl is complete. 
It was 
	narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When 
	the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did ghusl 
	for janaabah, he washed his hands and did wudoo’ as for prayer, then he 
	washed his body, then he ran his hands through his hair, until he was sure 
	the water had reached the scalp. Then he poured water over his head three 
	times. Then he washed the rest of his body.
Narrated by 
	al-Bukhaari, 264 
It says in
	al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah (13/19): The fuqaha’ are unanimously agreed 
	that making the water reach all of the hair and skin is one of the 
	obligatory parts of ghusl. End quote. 
It also says 
	in al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah (26/105): The fuqaha’ are unanimously 
	agreed that it is obligatory to make the water reach all the hair of the 
	head, down to the roots, for both males and females. End quote. 
Shaykh 
	ash-Shanqeeti (may Allah preserve him) said: It is more appropriate to say 
	that rubbing is not obligatory, but if the water is little, and making the 
	water reach all of the body can only be done by rubbing, then it is 
	obligatory in the sense that whatever is essential to doing an obligatory 
	act is also obligatory. End quote from Sharh Zaad al-Mustaqni‘. 
And Allah knows best.