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bayhaqi:968Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Usāmah al-Kalbī > al-Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > ʿAthhām / Ibn ʿAlī > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to perform ablution or perform dry ablution (tayammum) when he was in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah) and wanted to sleep.  

البيهقي:٩٦٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ الْكَلْبِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ثنا عَثَّامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ أَوْ تَيَمَّمَ  


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muslim:305bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn ʿUlayyah And Wakīʿ Waghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sexual intercourse and intended to eat or sleep, he performed the ablution of prayer.  

مسلم:٣٠٥bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ وَوَكِيعٌ وَغُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ جُنُبًا فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَنَامَ 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  

ibnmajah:591Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn ʿUlayyah And Ghundar Wawakīʿ > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"If the Messenger of Allah wanted to eat when he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution."  

ابن ماجة:٥٩١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ وَغُنْدَرٌ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ  

ahmad:26236Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Ḥajjāj > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > 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:٢٦٢٣٦حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ  

ahmad:25597Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah And Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > 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)   

أحمد:٢٥٥٩٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَجُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ  

ahmad:24949Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswadiʿan ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ablution if he was in a state of impurity and wanted to sleep or eat.  

أحمد:٢٤٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِعَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ جُنُبًا فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَأْكُلَ تَوَضَّأَ  

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  

darimi:2123Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"If the Messenger of Allah wanted to eat when he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 591)   

الدارمي:٢١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ»  

nasai-kubra:8992Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > 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:٨٩٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

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

nasai-kubra:8998ʿImrān b. Mūsá > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"If the Messenger of Allah wanted to eat when he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 591)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٩٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ خَالَفَهُ مَنْصُورٌ  

nasai-kubra:9000Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Ḥaddatht

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:٩٠٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثْتُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»  

nasai-kubra:6705ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

When the Prophet (May peace be upon him) wanted to eat or sleep, he would perform ablution. She meant that (the prophet did so) when he was sexually defiled. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 224)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٧٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ»