Issue 48: If someone touches a dead human dead body after it has turned cold and before it has been fully washed, he must perform ghusl for touching it (ghusl mass-al-mayyit). This ruling applies whether the deceased is Muslim or non-Muslim, and whether the touch is with moisture or without it. This ghusl is obligatory for performing acts that require purification from minor ritual impurity (ḥadath al-aṣghar) such as prayer and touching the writing of the Quran, but it is not required for entering or staying in mosques or reciting verses with obligatory prostrations.