Is it permissible for a Junub to offer Sujud-ul-Tilawah?

Q 1: Is it permissible for a Junub (person in a state of post-sexual ritual impurity) to offer Sujud-ul-Tilawah (Prostration of Recitation)? Is the one who does not recite the Qur'an outside Salah (Prayer) sinful?


A: It is not permissible for a Junub to recite the Qur'an without having performed Ghusl. It is narrated on the authority of `Aly (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Nothing would stop or prevent the Prophet (peace be upon him) from reciting the Qur'an (Part No. 4; Page No. 150) except Janabah (major ritual impurity related to sexual discharge). (Related by Ahmad and Ahl-ul-Sunan through a good Sanad [chain of narrators]) According to another wording: The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to recite the Qur'an to us in any state (with or without Wudu') as long as he was not in a state of Janabah. There is no sin on the person who does not recite the Qur'an outside Salah.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.


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