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However, if the separated part does not contain a bone it is not obligatory to take bath for touching it. 535. It is not obligatory to take bath for touching a bone which has no flesh on it and has not been bathed, whether it has been separated from a dead body or a living person. The same rule applies to touching the teeth which have been separated from a dead body or a living person. 536.

The method of taking bath for touching the dead body is the same as for taking bath for ceremonial uncleanness (Ghusl Janabat). However, if the person, who has bathed on account of touching a dead body, wishes to offer prayers, the recommended precaution is that he should also perform ablutions. 537. It is sufficient to take bath once even if one touches several corpses or touches the same corpse a number of times. 538.

A person who has not taken bath after touching a dead body is not prohibited from staying in a masjid or from having sexual intercourse with his wife, or from reciting the verses of the holy Qur'an which entail obligatory prostration. However, he should take bath for offering prayers or for performing any other similar acts. Previous…