These verses occur in four surahs of the holy Qur'an...

These verses occur in four surahs of the holy Qur'an: (i) Surah Alif Lam Mini as-Sajdah, 32:15 (ii) Surah Ha Mim Sajdah, 41:98 (iii) Surah an-Najm, 59:62 and (iv) Surah al- 'Alaq, 96: 19. Things Which are Abominable for Junub 362. The following nine things are abominable for junub: (i) To eat (u) or to drink. In case, however,the person concerned performs ablutions or washes his hands, eating and drinking will not be abominable for him.

(iii) To recite more than seven verses of the holy Qur'an in which an obligatory prostration does not occur. (iv) To touch with any part of his body the cover, the margin or border of the holy Qur'an or the space between its lines. (v) To keep the holy Qur'an with oneself. (vi) To sleep. But it would not be abominable to sleep if the person concerned performs ablutions or performs tayammum instead of ceremonial bath on account of non-availability of water. (vii) To dye one's hair with henna etc.

(viii) To apply oil on one's body. (ix} To have sexual intercourse after nocturnal pollution (i.e. discharge of semen during sleep). Bath for Ceremonial Uncleanness (Janabat) 363. Bath for janabat is recommended in itself but becomes obligatory for offering obligatory prayers or other similar acts of worship.

However, it is not obligatory for offering prayers for a dead body or for sajdatus sahu (prostration on account of oversight) or sajdatush shukr (prostration for thanksgiving) or for the obligatory prostrations for reciting the four particular verses of the holy Qur'an. (Vide Article 36:V) 364. At the time of taking ceremonial bath it is not necessary that one should express in words one's intention to perform obligatory bath or recommended bath.

It is sufficient if one performs the bath with the intention of complying with Allah's orders. 365. If a person is sure that time for prayers has set in and intends to perform obligatory bath, but comes to know after performing the bath that it has been performed before the time for prayers had set in, the bath would be in order. 366.

There are two methods of performing ceremonial bath, whether the bath be obligatory or recommended: (i) Sequence Bath (Ghusl tartibi) and (ii) Immersion bath (Ghusl Irtimasi). Sequence Bath (Ghusl Tartibi) 367. In sequence bath a person should first intend to take a bath.