Purity: Disapproved Acts for a Junub

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 355:

Nine things are disapproved for a junub:

1.–2. Eating and drinking; however, if one washes his face and hands and rinses his mouth, then eating and drinking are not disapproved; and if one only washes his hands, then the disapproval is lessened;

3.* Reciting more than seven verses of the Qur’an that do not contain an obligatory sajdah; this is the opinion held by most jurists (mashhūr);

4. Touching the cover, margins, or spaces between the writing of the Qur’an with any part of the body;

5. Keeping the Qur’an with oneself;

6. Sleeping; however, if one performs wuḍūʾ, or on account of not having water one performs tayammum in place of ghusl, it is not disapproved;

7. Dyeing hair with henna or something similar;

8. Rubbing oil on the body;

9. Having sexual intercourse after having a wet dream, i.e. after semen has been ejaculated in one’s sleep.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Purification (Taharah)