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ahmad:25879Ibn Numayr > Ḥajjāj > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to avoid sleep at night, then he would perform ablution for prayer until morning, without touching water."  

أحمد:٢٥٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُجْنِبُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَلَا يَمَسُّ مَاءً  


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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