✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ

الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي حَدِيثِ الْمَنَاهِي قَالَ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْأَكْلِ عَلَى الْجَنَابَةِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُورِثُ الْفَقْرَ.

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 4, p. 3

In the hadith of prohibitions, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) forbade eating while in a state of janabah and said: It causes poverty!

2 عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ الْأَكْلُ عَلَى الْجَنَابَةِ يُورِثُ الْفَقْرَ

📚Al-Khisal, p. 504, hadith 2

The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: Eating while in a state of janabah causes poverty!

3 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ الْجُنُبُ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَ يَشْرَبَ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ وَ تَمَضْمَضَ وَ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَ أَكَلَ وَ شَرِبَ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 50

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: When a person in a state of janabah intends to eat or drink, he should wash his hands, rinse his mouth with water, and wash his face, and (then) he may eat and drink!

4 عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثٍ قَالَ: لَا يَذُوقُ الْجُنُبُ شَيْئاً حَتَّى يَغْسِلَ يَدَيْهِ وَ يَتَمَضْمَضَ فَإِنَّهُ يُخَافُ مِنْهُ الْوَضَحُ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 51

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: A person in a state of janabah should not taste anything until he washes his two hands and rinses his mouth (with water), because (otherwise) there is a fear of leprosy for him!

5 عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيه قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ جُنُباً لَمْ يَأْكُلْ وَ لَمْ يَشْرَبْ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ.

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 1, p. 219

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: When a person is in a state of janabah, he should not eat or drink until he performs wudu!

6 عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه أَ يَأْكُلُ الْجُنُبُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ قَالَ إِنَّا لَنَكْسَلُ وَ لَكِنْ لِيَغْسِلْ يَدَهُ وَ الْوُضُوءُ أَفْضَلُ.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 372

Abdulrahman said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Can a person in a state of janabah eat anything before performing wudu? He said: We (meaning people) are lazy, but he should wash his hands, and performing wudu is better!

7 عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْداللَّهِ عَنِ الْجُنُبِ يَأْكُلُ وَ يَشْرَبُ وَ يَقْرَأُ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَأْكُلُ وَ يَشْرَبُ وَ يَقْرَأُ وَ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا شَاءَ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 50

Ibn Bukayr said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a person in a state of janabah, can he eat, drink, and recite the Quran? He said: Yes! He can eat, drink, and recite, and he can remember Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, as much as he wishes!

✅From the above narrations and others, it is clear that eating and drinking in a state of janabah is forbidden and causes poverty and leprosy. Although a dispensation for it has also been received in narration 7, if a person wants to eat or drink while in a state of janabah, it is recommended that he perform wudu. And since people are generally lazy about performing wudu, in the next step, it is recommended that he wash his two hands and rinse his mouth with water, and according to narration 3, he should also wash his face, and then he may eat and drink.

The above rulings are not specific to men, and women are also subject to the prohibition of eating and drinking in a state of janabah.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ