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Ṭahārah

طهارة

جنابة

Janābah

Definition

State of major ritual impurity after intimacy or seminal emission — lifted by ghusl.

Example

A person in janābah must perform ghusl before ṣalāh or reciting Qur'an from the muṣḥaf.

See also

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Ghusl

Full-body ritual bath required after ḥadath akbar (major impurity).

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Ḥadath

Ritual impurity of the body. Minor (removed by wuḍūʾ) or major (removed by ghusl).

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