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ahmad:26289ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Rabāḥ

[Machine] Ask whatever you want, for I am only your mother. So I said, "O Mother of the Believers, what necessitates washing?" She said, "When the circumcised parts touch, then Janabah (sexual defilement) becomes obligatory." Qatadah followed this Hadith (narration) and Aisha said, "I have performed it with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I do not know if Qatadah said this."  

أحمد:٢٦٢٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكِ عَنْ شَيْءٍ وَإِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِيكِ فَقَالَتْ

سَلْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا أُمُّكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا يُوجِبُ الْغُسْلَ؟ فَقَالَتْ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ الْخِتَانَانِ وَجَبَتِ الْجَنَابَةُ فَكَانَ قَتَادَةُ يُتْبِعُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاغْتَسَلْنَا فَلَا أَدْرِي أَشَيْءٌ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَمْ كَانَ قَتَادَةُ يَقُولُهُ