Junub

Junub (جنب) is an Islamic term meaning ritually impure due to sexual intercourse or seminal discharge. A person in such a state needs to take a bath in order to become ritually pure and be able to perform his prayers. A person while in a state of janaba cannot offer his/her daily salat (prayer) or enter a mosque.

Things a junub person can do

• A person is allowed to touch others except non-mahram.
• A person can sleep without ghusl but have to do ablution.
• A person can walk in the streets.
• A person is allowed to cut his nails.
• A person is allowed to shave his head without ablution.
• A person can have a bath with his wife in a single container.
• A person is allowed to take food.
• A person is allowed to begin fasting in this state.
• Slaughtering is permissible
• A person is allowed to carry or touch a tape on which Quran is recorded.
• A person may perform Jihad.

Things a junub person cannot do

• A person is not allowed to offer salat.

See also

• Islamic sexual hygienical jurisprudence
• Ghusl
• Najis

References

2. al-Bukhaari, 279, al-Bukhaari, 283; 3. Muslim, 305, ; Muslim, 371,Muslim 306 4. al-Majmoo’ (9/74) 5. Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, fatwa no. 9620

External links

• Laws of Ritual Purity in Islam including bath of purification (ghusl) required for a person who is sexually ritually impure (junub).