A man said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Messenger of Allah, I was overtaken by dawn while I was sexually defiled, and I want to keep fast. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I am also overtaken by dawn while I am in the state of sexual defilement ; I also want to keep fast. I take a bath and I keep fast. The man said: Messenger of Allah, you are not like us ; Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became angry and said: “I swear by Allah, I hope I shall be the most fearful of you of Allah, and most familiar of you with what I follow.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2389)   

لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ تَسْمَعُ إِنِّي أُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الصِّيَامَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الصِّيَامَ فَأَغْتَسِلُ ثُمَّ أَصُومُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مِثْلَنَا قَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَعْلَمَكُمْ بِمَا أَتَّقِي تَابَعَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْوَجْهِ  

Messenger of Allah, (the time) of prayer overtakes me as I am in a state of junub; should I observe fast (in this state)? Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: (At times the time) of prayer overtakes me while I am in a state of junub, and I observe fast (in that very state), whereupon he said: Messenger of Allah, you are not like us Allah has pardoned all your sins, the previous ones and the later ones. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I hope I am the most God-fearirg of you, and possess the best knowledge among you of those (things) against which I should guard. (Using translation from Muslim 1110)   

جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَفْتِيهِ وَعَائِشَةُ ؓ تَسْمَعُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبَابِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تُدْرِكُنِي الصَّلَاةُ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَأَصُومُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا تُدْرِكُنِي الصَّلَاةُ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَأَصُومُ فَقَالَ لَسْتَ مِثْلَنَا قَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَعْلَمَكُمْ بِمَا أَتَّقِي  

[Machine] Aisha and Umm Salamah, the wives of the Prophet ﷺ , said: "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up in a state of sexual impurity without having had a wet dream, and then observed fasting, it would count as fasting for 7992 (days)." Abu Ahmad al-Mihrajani informed us that Abu Bakr ibn Ja'far al-Muzakki reported to us that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-'Abdi narrated to us from Ibn Bukair from Malik, and he mentioned it in his text regarding Ramadan, and then he observed fasting.  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُمَا قَالَتَا إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا مِنْ جِمَاعٍ غَيْرِ احْتِلَامٍ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ 7992 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ زَادَ فِي مَتْنِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to wake up in a state of impurity from sexual intercourse, not from a wet dream, then he would neither break his fast nor perform ritual purification.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا مِنْ جِمَاعٍ لَا مِنْ حُلْمٍ ثُمَّ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَلَا يَقْضِي  

[Machine] The messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to experience dawn in Ramadan while in a state of impurity without having a wet dream. He would then purify himself and observe fasting.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُدْرِكُهُ الْفَجْرُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ حُلْمٍ فَيَغْتَسِلُ وَيَصُومُ  

[Machine] Hudhayfah said: Whoever wakes up in a state of major impurity (janabah), he should fast that day. Marwan then said: I swear by Allah, O Abdur-Rahman, you must go to the Mothers of the Believers, Aisha and Umm Salamah, and ask them about that. Abu Bakr said: So Abdur-Rahman went and I went with him until we entered upon Aisha. Abdur-Rahman greeted her and said: O Mother of the Believers, we were with Marwan and it was mentioned to him that Abu Hurayrah said: Whoever wakes up in a state of major impurity (janabah), he should fast that day. Aisha said: It is not as Abu Hurayrah said. O Abdur-Rahman, do you desire something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did? Abdur-Rahman said: No, by Allah. Aisha said: Then I bear witness to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he would wake up in a state of major impurity (janabah) from sexual intercourse, other than a wet dream, and then he would fast that day. Aisha said: Afterwards we left until we entered upon Umm Salamah. Abdur-Rahman asked her about that, and she said the same thing as Aisha. Then we left until we came to Marwan, and Abdur-Rahman said to him: What did they say? Marwan said: I swear by you, O Abu Muhammad, that you must ride my mount at the door (of the Masjid), and go to Abu Hurayrah and inform him of that. So Abdur-Rahman rode, and I rode with him, until we came to Abu Hurayrah and Abdur-Rahman spoke to him for a while. Then he mentioned that to him, and Abu Hurayrah said: I have no knowledge of that. Only one informant told me  

هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ جُنُبًا أَفْطَرَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَتَذْهَبَنَّ إِلَى أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَلَتَسْأَلَنَّهُمَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَذَهَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّا كُنَّا عِنْدَ مَرْوَانَ فَذُكِرَ لَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ جُنُبًا أَفْطَرَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَيْسَ كَمَا قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ أَتَرْغَبُ عَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا وَاللهِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ كَانَ لَيُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا مِنْ جِمَاعٍ غَيْرِ احْتِلَامٍ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَخَرَجْنَا حَتَّى جِئْنَا مَرْوَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا قَالَتَا؟ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ لَتَرْكَبَنَّ دَابَّتِي بِالْبَابِ فَلَتَأْتِيَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَلَتُخْبِرَنَّهُ بِذَلِكَ فَرَكِبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَرَكِبْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَتَحَدَّثَ مَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا أَخْبَرَنِي مُخْبِرٌ  

[Machine] "Abdullah al-Hafiz informed Abu Abdullah al-Shaybani, who narrated from Ibrahim ibn Abi Talib, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Rafi', who narrated from Abdul Razzaq, who narrated from Ibn Jurayj, who reported from Abdul Malik ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abdul Rahman, who narrated from his father Abu Bakr, meaning his father, who said: I heard Abu Huraira saying about his stories, 'Whoever experiences sexual emission before dawn should not fast.' Then I mentioned this to Abdul Rahman ibn Al-Harith, his father, and he denied it. So Abdul Rahman went and I went with him until we entered upon Aisha and Umm Salama. Abdul Rahman asked them about this matter, and they both said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would wake up in a state of junub (ritual impurity after sexual intercourse) sometimes without dreaming, and then he would fast.' So we left until we reached Marwan, and Abdul Rahman mentioned this to him. Marwan said, 'I wanted to scold you except that you went to Abu Huraira and mentioned to him what he said.' So we went to Abu Huraira, and Abu Bakr was present throughout all of this. Abdul Rahman mentioned this to him, and Abu Huraira said, 'I heard this from Fadl ibn Abbas, and I did not hear it from the Prophet ﷺ .' Then Abu Huraira abandoned what he used to say about this matter. I said to Abdul Malik, 'Did they say this about Ramadan?' He said, 'Yes, he would sometimes wake up in a state of junub without dreaming, and then he would fast.'"  

عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي أَبَاهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ فِي قَصَصِهِ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ الْفَجْرُ جُنُبًا فَلَا يَصُمْ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ لِأَبِيهِ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ فَانْطَلَقَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ فَسَأَلَهُمَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَكِلْتَاهُمَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حُلْمٍ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى مَرْوَانَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا ذَهَبْتَ إِلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَرَدَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَقُولُ قَالَ فَجِئْنَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ حَاضِرٌ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَمَّا كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَتَا فِي رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ كَذَلِكَ يُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حُلْمٍ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ  

[Machine] "About his statement before his death."  

عَنْ قَوْلِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ  

[Machine] About his statement, "returning to cleanliness means in the south when he wakes up and does not perform ablution," we were narrated by Abu Bakr ibn al-Mundhir that he said, "The best thing that I have heard in this matter is that it is applicable to abrogation. This is because sexual intercourse was forbidden for the fasting person at the beginning of Islam during the night after sleeping, similar to eating and drinking. So when Allah permitted sexual intercourse until dawn, it became permissible for the person in a state of impurity when he wakes up before performing ablution to fast that day due to the restriction being lifted. Therefore, Abu Hurairah used to issue opinions based on what he heard from Fadl ibn Abbas regarding the first ruling, and he was not aware of the abrogation. But when he heard the narration of Aisha and Umm Salamah, he changed his opinion accordingly."  

عَنْ قَوْلِهِ رُجُوعًا حَسَنًا يَعْنِي فِي الْجُنُبِ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ وَلَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَحْسَنَ مَا سَمِعْتُ فِي هَذَا أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مَحْمُولًا عَلَى النَّسْخِ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْجِمَاعَ كَانَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى الصَّائِمِ فِي اللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ النَّوْمِ كَالطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ فَلَمَّا أَبَاحَ اللهُ ﷻ الْجِمَاعَ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ جَازَ لِلْجُنُبِ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ أَنْ يَصُومَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ لِارْتِفَاعِ الْحَظْرِ فَكَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يُفْتِي بِمَا سَمِعَهُ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى الْأَمْرِ الْأَوَّلِ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِالنَّسْخِ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ خَبَرَ عَائِشَةَ وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ صَارَ إِلَيْهِ