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What is the ruling on prayer and reading Qur’an for a young man from whom semen was discharged during his sleep, and he did not know about it until the following day, after he had prayed, fasted, and read Qur’an?

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Scholars have unanimously agreed that the prayer of a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) is invalid due to the absence of a condition for its validity, namely ritual purity (tahara). They cite the Almighty's saying: "O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying, nor while junub, except those passing through, until you have washed [your whole body]." The majority holds that it is forbidden for a junub person to recite the Quran, while Ibn Abbas and a group of scholars permitted it. As for one who prays or recites while unaware of being in a state of janaba, there is no sin upon them, but they must repeat the prayers they performed while junub. The fast of a junub person is valid by scholarly consensus because purity is not a condition for its validity.

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