It’s sufficient for sexual intercourse to be termed as such...

It’s sufficient for sexual intercourse to be termed as such when only the part of penis that contains the foreskin is thrust into the female’s vagina. * What if the semen is secreted or a sexual intercourse takes place? - Janabah occurs to both parties, where applicabe, irrespective of age and state of mind. * If this was the case, then what? - Ghusl becomes obligatory, so that you can, for example, perform prayer, or do tawaf (Circumambulation - turning seven times around the Ka’ba) for hajj.

That is, prayer and tawaf cannot be deemed valid without the ghusl. As for how to do ghusl, this I’ll explain to you in the Dialogue on Ghusl. However, certain acts become unlawful if you are in a state of janabah, such as: 1. Touching the writing of the Holy Qur’an. 2. Touching the Name of the Almighty, i.e. the Arabic name, Allah [and other names and adjectives attributed to Him, such as “al-Khaliq” - The Creator]. 3.

Recitation of the four verses of “as-Sajdah” in Chapters “Iqr’a, an-Najm, as-Sajdah, and Fussilat” of the Holy Qur’an. 4. Entering mosques and/or staying in them, taking anything out or putting anything in them [albeit from the outside or when passing by]. It is permissible, however, for a person in a state of janabah to pass through, such as entering from one door and making an exit from another, except in the case of the Grand Mosque at Mekkah and the Holy Mosque of the Prophet at Medina.

[The same rule applies in the case of the holy shrines of the Infallibles]. * Are the forecourts and corridors, when they are not considered part of the well-defined area of the mosque, covered by the same rule? - No, they are not. * Since we are on the subject of janabah, I still have a burning desire to ask you a question, but I feel rather embarrassed. - Ask whatever you like. The maxim has it, “There shall be no embarrassment in matters of religion”.

* Sometimes, when I am sexually aroused, I notice a rather sticky, transparent and white liquid secreted from my penis. - Yes, this type of liquid is tahir. You are, therefore, not required to perform ghusl or wudhu when you experience it. There is another type of secretion that sometimes follows urination. This too is tahir. * What about masturbation? - It is haraam. You must avoid it.

It suffices to mention that, in some narrations, Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) “An acronym for Alaihis Salaam - meaning, may peace be with him”, described it as a form of adultery. Previous…