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Sir can u answer qs kindly pls once i have asked u have not ansd after janabath with in how many hours r minute can u pls explain  is janabath is allowed during period  I am asking becoze ur aleem pls ans  iam expecting from u if iam asking wrong pls correct me bcoz I heard an hadith that taking bath immediately we can get closer 2 allah thanks

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Answer:

Bath after impurity

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 5:

6 O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity (post menstruation, post sexual intercourse, etc.) bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill or on a journey or one of you cometh from offices of nature or ye have been in contact (sexual intercourse) with women and ye find no water then take for yourselves clean sand or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty but to make you clean and to complete His favor to you that ye may be grateful.

There is absolutely no time limit stipulated in Shariah regarding when a believer is required to perform the obligatory ‘ghusl’ or full bath after sexual intercourse. One is required to be in the state of purity when one wishes to offer one’s prayer, or perform the ‘tawaaf’ of the Kaaba, or touch the Quran; if one happens to be in the state of major impurity and wishes to perform any one of the above three listed acts, then it is obligatory that one perform the ‘ghusl’ first before commencing any one of the three listed acts.

If one who is in the state of major sexual impurity wishes to perform the ‘ghusl’ or full bath of purity immediately, there is no harm; and if one wishes to delay it until the time of prayer, there is no harm. If one wishes to delay the taking of the ‘ghusl’ for any reason whatsoever, it is highly recommended that one perform the ‘wudu’ or ablution first, and then continue with their chores.

Sahih Muslim Hadith 603 Narrated by Aisha

Abdullah ibn AbdulQays said, "I asked Aisha about the Witr (prayer) of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and made mention of a hadith, then I said: ‘What did he (saws) do after having sexual intercourse? Did he take a bath before going to sleep or did he sleep before taking a bath?’ She said: ‘He (saws) did all these. Sometimes he (saws) took a bath and then slept, and sometimes he (saws) performed ablution only and went to sleep.’ I (the narrator) said: ‘Praise be to Allah Who has made things easy (for the believers in the deen).’

Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.41a

If a person in a state of post-sex impurity wants to eat, drink or have intercourse again, he should perform ablution.

Said 'Aishah, "When the Prophet (saws) was in a state of ceremonial impurity because of intercourse and wanted to eat or sleep, he would perform ablution."

Ammar ibn Yasar reported that the Prophet (saws) permitted a person in post-sex impurity to eat, drink or sleep if he performed ablution first.

Related by Ahmad and at-Tirmidhi.

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Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan