يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
تَقۡرَبُواْ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَأَنتُمۡ
سُكَٰرَىٰ
حَتَّىٰ
تَعۡلَمُواْ
مَا
تَقُولُونَ
وَلَا
جُنُبًا
إِلَّا
عَابِرِي
سَبِيلٍ
حَتَّىٰ
تَغۡتَسِلُواْۚ
وَإِن
كُنتُم
مَّرۡضَىٰٓ
أَوۡ
عَلَىٰ
سَفَرٍ
أَوۡ
جَآءَ
أَحَدٞ
مِّنكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡغَآئِطِ
أَوۡ
لَٰمَسۡتُمُ
ٱلنِّسَآءَ
فَلَمۡ
تَجِدُواْ
مَآءٗ
فَتَيَمَّمُواْ
صَعِيدٗا
طَيِّبٗا
فَٱمۡسَحُواْ
بِوُجُوهِكُمۡ
وَأَيۡدِيكُمۡۗ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
عَفُوًّا
غَفُورًا
٤٣
O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when journeying upon the road, till ye have bathed. And if ye be ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have touched women, and ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and rub your faces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving.
— M. Pickthall
O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying1 or in a state of janābah,2 except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women [i.e., had sexual intercourse] and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning3 and Forgiving.
— Saheeh International
O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins and forgive again and again.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Prohibition of Approaching Prayer When Drunk or Junub
Allah forbade His believing servants from praying while drunk, for one does not know the meaning of what he is saying in that state, and He forbade them from attending the Masjids while sexually impure, except when one is just passing through
…The Prohibition of Approaching Prayer When Drunk or Junub
Allah forbade His believing servants from praying while drunk, for one does not know the mean
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