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Things that are Makrūh for someone in the state of janābat[^1] Eating Drinking However, if the person in this state of janābat washes his hands, face and mouth, then eating and drinking in that state will not be Makrūh. It is therefore easier that one performs Wuďū. Sleeping However, if the junub does not have water, or on account of water not being available, tayammum can be performed instead of Ghusl.

To touch with any parts of the body, the cover, margin, border of the Noble Qur`an or the space between its lines. To have sexual intercourse when one is in the state of Iĥtelām (i.e. discharge of semen during sleep). To dye one’s hair with henna. To apply oil on one’s body. To keep the Noble Qur`an with oneself. To recite more than seven verses of the Noble Qur`an other than those in which obligatory sajdah occur (to recite these verses is ĥarām).

NOTE: The definition of ‘Makrūh of worship (°Ibādat)’ is different to the general ruling of Makrūh, which is that it is better that one does not perform the action. For example it is Makrūh for a traveller to recite Dhuhr, °Asr and Ishā Ŝalāt behind someone who is a non-traveller and vice versa[^2] or it is Makrūh to recite Qur`an in Sajdah[^3].

This ‘Makrūh of worship (°Ibādat)’ does not mean that it is better that one does not perform the action, but rather it means that if you do perform the act, then the amountof reward received is less as compared to normal. Things which are forbidden for someone in the state of Janābat[^4] To touch with any part of one’s body script of the Noble Qur`an, or the name of the Almighty Allāh (SwT) in whatever language it may be.

It is better that the names of the 14 Ma°ŝūmīn (as) are also not touched in this state. Entering Masjid al-Harām or Masjid al-Nabī. To stay or halt in all other Masājid, and similarly on the basis of obligatory precaution to stay in the shrines of the Noble Imāms is also ĥarām. However, there is no harm in if one crosses or traverses through a Masjid, entering from one door and exiting through the other. To enter a Masjid with the intention of lifting something up or placing something in it.