Approaching it in a state of intoxication or janabah is not permitted; as Allah has prohibited it, saying: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَنْتُمْ سُكَارَى حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِي سَبِيلٍ حَتَّى تَغْتَسِلُوا﴾[1]; “O you who believed! Do not approach prayer while intoxicated until you know what you are saying, nor while junub, except when passing along a path, until you perform ghusl.” Making wudu before performing it is obligatory—and it consists of washing the face and hands up to the elbows, and wiping the head and feet up to the ankles; as Allah has commanded it, saying: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ﴾[2]; “O you who believed! When you stand for prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads and your feet up to the ankles.” Of course, most Muslims consider washing the feet in wudu obligatory, just like washing the face and hands. However, the contradiction of this act with the apparent meaning of the Quran is not hidden; because the apparent meaning of the Quran clearly indicates the wiping of the feet, whether ﴿أَرْجُلَكُمْ﴾; “your feet” is read in the accusative[3] or genitive[4]—except that if it is read in the accusative, it refers back to ﴿وَامْسَحُوا﴾ and indicates wiping the entire feet up to the ankles; and if it is read in the genitive, it refers back to ﴿بِرُءُوسِكُمْ﴾ and indicates wiping part of the feet up to the ankles. In no case does it refer back to ﴿فَاغْسِلُوا﴾; “wash,” since such a reference, in any case, would contradict the apparent meaning and the eloquence, and is not permissible except in cases of necessity. Yet no necessity exists for it except to align the Quran with the well-known view—and it is clear that aligning the Quran with the well-known view is imperiousness, and the obligatory approach is to align the well-known view with the Quran.