Junub
Junub 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 or enter a mosqueThings 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 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
- 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.
- A person is not allowed to read Quran from the Mushaf.
- Women can not fast during their monthly cycle.