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There are many other examples of that This is illustrated in the followingnadirh narrated by' kishah (may Allah be pleased with her):"The Prophet (PBUH) used 10 mention Allah in all his condifions:"2- Staying at 11 MosqueIt is pcohibited for one in whatever state of major ritual impurity, be itjanJbah, menstruation or postnatal bleeding, to stay in a mosque unless oneperforms ablution. Anah, Exalted be He, says:HO you wh" h,we believed, d" ,,,,t apprmlch pr"yer while you "rt'intoxicated u"til you know what you art' .aying "r in "itate ofj"n4""h, except those pa .. ing through [.. pl"u of praytr], untilyou have washed lY"ur wholt b" dy] ... " (Qur':\n: An-Nis,f: 43)This meaOS that one in a state of major ritual impurity is prohibited 10 entera mosque to stay therein, In addition, in the hadith related by Abll D~wIld,on the authority of 'kishah, and graded as "'nin (authentic) nadi/h by IbnKhuz.ayrnah, the Prophet (PBUH) said:"[ do 1'101 deem the mosque lawfulfora menstruating woman or fora person who is in a sMe ofjamlbtlh:"However. if one in a state of major ritual impurity p erforms ablution, it is~rmissible for one then to stay at the mosque. as . Ala' reported:"[ Saw some of the Companions of the Prophet (PBUH) staying atthe mosque while being in a state ofjanabah only after performingthe (ordinary) ablution performed for prayer . •The Significance of performing ablution here, though one is in a state ofjanJbah. is /esuning the state of jana""h so as to make it ~rmissible to stayat the mosque_ Likewise, it is permissible for one in a state ofj~nabah to passthrough the mosque without staying therein. for Allah says:~ •• , Exc~p t tho.e pll$jing Ihrough fa pl"uafpr~yer]",~(Qur'An: An - Nis~': 43)That is, one in such a state is only allo~d to pass th rough it for the sakeof mere passing.Whenever there is an exceptional case of a certain prohibition, it is deemedpermissible. So, being a passerby is the exceptional case of th e general rulingstated by the h~dilh of the Prophet (PBUH) that gOe5: