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ahmad:24902ʿAffān > Hammām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to sleep, he would perform ablution for prayer, then he would sleep.  

أحمد:٢٤٩٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ يَرْقُدُ  


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muslim:305a[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī And Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth [Chain 2] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to sleep after having sexual intercourse, he performed ablution as for the prayer before going to sleep.  

مسلم:٣٠٥aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ  

abudawud:222Musaddad And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

when the prophet ﷺ intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he did for prayer.  

أبو داود:٢٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ  

ibnmajah:584Muḥammad b. Rumḥ al-Miṣrī > al-Layth b. Saʿd > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

"When the Messenger of Allah wanted to sleep and he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution as for prayer."  

ابن ماجة:٥٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ  

ahmad:24555Buhlūl b. Ḥakīm al-Qarqasānī > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"When the Messenger of Allah wanted to sleep and he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution as for prayer." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 584)  

أحمد:٢٤٥٥٥حَدَّثَنَا بُهْلُولُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ الْقَرْقَسَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ  

ahmad:24717Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

"When the Messenger of Allah wanted to sleep and he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution as for prayer." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 584)   

أحمد:٢٤٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ

ibnhibban:1217Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

"If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was Junub, he would perform Wudu' as for prayer before sleeping." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 258)  

ابن حبّان:١٢١٧أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ»  

tabarani:20104al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Muʿāwiyah > Sufyān And Shaybān > Jābir > Ibn Sābiṭ > Um Salamah

"When the Messenger of Allah wanted to sleep and he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution as for prayer." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 584)  

الطبراني:٢٠١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشَيْبَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَابِطٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»  

nasai-kubra:8993Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

when the prophet ﷺ intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he did for prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 222)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩٩٣أَخْبَرَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ  

nasai-kubra:8999Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Thum Dhakar > Atharih Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm

when the prophet ﷺ intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he did for prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 222)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»