Chapter on Rules of Janabah and Methods of Purification

Narrated by a group of narrators from Abu Muhammad Harun ibn Musa, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id, from Ali ibn al-Hasan, and Ahmad ibn Abdun, from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Zubayr, from Ali ibn al-Hasan, from Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Najran, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Hariz, from Zurara and Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far عليه السلام, who said: (Narrator asked) "Can a menstruating woman (haʾid) and a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) recite anything (from the Quran)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, whatever they wish, except for the verses of prostration, and they may remember Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, in all states."