Prayer: Ignorance of Janābah and Ghusl at 17: What Must I Do About Past Prayers and Fasts?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Ignorance of Janābah and Ghusl at 17: What Must I Do About Past Prayers and Fasts?

English:

Question #522:

I was about seventeen years old and I did not know anything concerning seminal emission, ghusl, and the like. I had not even heard from anyone anything about these things. I did not understand the meaning of janābah or the necessity of ghusl. So if my prayers and fasts until that time were wrong, what is my duty now?

Answer #522:

It is obligatory to do qaḍā’ of all the prayers that you did in the state of janābah. However, the fasts that you kept in this state without knowing any thing about the state of janābah are correct and sufficient, and there is no need to do their qaḍā’.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer