Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, met me while I was in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah). I continued walking with him, and he was holding my hand. Then I left from his presence, performed ghusl (ritual bath), and returned to him and sat with him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, asked: O Abu Hurairah, where did you go? I replied: When you met me, I was in a state of janabah, and I did not like to sit with you in that condition. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Indeed, a believer is never impure.