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bayhaqi:970Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAttāb al-ʿAbdī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ Muḥammad b. al-Haytham al-Qāḍī > Saʿīd b. Kathīr b. ʿUfayr And Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bukayr > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays

I asked 'A'isha about the Witr (prayer) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made mention of a hadith, then I said: What did he do after having sexual intercourse? Did he take a bath before going to sleep or did he sleep before taking a bath? She said: He did all these. Some- times he took a bath and then slept, and sometimes he performed ablution only and went to sleep. I (the narrator) said: Praise be to Allah Who has made things easy (for human beings). (Using translation from Muslim 307a)   

البيهقي:٩٧٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَتَّابٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْقَاضِي ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عُفَيْرٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَا ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ فِي الْجَنَابَةِ أَكَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ؟ قَالَتْ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ فَنَامَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ

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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim
muslim:307aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

I asked 'A'isha about the Witr (prayer) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made mention of a hadith, then I said: What did he do after having sexual intercourse? Did he take a bath before going to sleep or did he sleep before taking a bath? She said: He did all these. Some- times he took a bath and then slept, and sometimes he performed ablution only and went to sleep. I (the narrator) said: Praise be to Allah Who has made things easy (for human beings).  

مسلم:٣٠٧aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ وِتْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِي الْجَنَابَةِ أَكَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَمْ يَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ قَالَتْ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ فَنَامَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الأَمْرِ سَعَةً  

nasai:404Shuʿayb b. Yūsuf > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays

"I asked 'Aishah: 'How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sleep while he was Junub? Did he perform Ghusl before sleeping or sleep before performing Ghusl?' She said: 'He did both. Sometimes he would perform Ghusl then sleep, and sometimes he would perform Wudu' then sleep.'"  

النسائي:٤٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ نَوْمُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَنَابَةِ أَيَغْتَسِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ قَالَتْ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ فَنَامَ  

tirmidhi:449Qutaybah > al-Layth > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays

"I asked Aishah how the recitation of the Prophet (S) was at night. [Would he recite silently o audibly?] So she said: 'He would do both of those. Sometimes he was silent with his recitation and sometimes it was audible.' So I said: 'All praise is due to Allah, the One who made the matter broad.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٤٤٩حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ قِرَاءَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ أَكَانَ يُسِرُّ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ أَمْ يَجْهَرُ فَقَالَتْ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا أَسَرَّ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ وَرُبَّمَا جَهَرَ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الأَمْرِ سَعَةً  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ
ahmad:25160ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muʿāwiyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "How was the sleep of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a state of major impurity? Does he perform Ghusl (ritual bath) before sleeping?" She replied, "He used to do that sometimes, he would perform Ghusl and then sleep, and sometimes he would perform Wudu (ablution) and then sleep." I asked her, "How was the recitation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the night? Would he recite aloud or silently?" She said, "He would do both, sometimes he would recite aloud and sometimes he would recite silently."  

أحمد:٢٥١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ نَوْمُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَنَابَةِ أَيَغْتَسِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ؟ فَقَالَتْ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ فَنَامَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهَا كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ أَيَجْهَرُ أَمْ يُسِرُّ؟ قَالَتْ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ قَدْ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا جَهَرَ وَرُبَّمَا أَسَرَّ  

ahmad:25331ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī

[Machine] Narrated Yahya ibn Yamar: I asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sleep while he was in a state of sexual impurity?" She replied, "Perhaps he would perform ablution before sleeping, and perhaps he would sleep before performing ablution. However, he would always perform ablution." She added, "All praise is due to Allah who made ease in religion."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ

عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ قَالَسَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَتْ لِي رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَرُبَّمَا نَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الدِّينِ سَعَةً  

hakim:543Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAttāb Abū al-Aḥwaṣ Muḥammad b. al-Haytham al-Qāḍī > Saʿīd b. Kathīr b. ʿUfayr And Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bukayr > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ behave when he was in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity)? Would he take a bath before sleeping, or did he sleep before taking a bath?" She said, "He would sometimes take a bath and then sleep, and sometimes he would perform ablution (wudu) and then sleep." I said, "All praise is due to Allah, who made this matter flexible." This hadith was narrated by Muslim in his Sahih from Qutaybah, and Ghudayf ibn al-Harith narrated from Aisha as well.  

الحاكم:٥٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَتَّابٍ أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْقَاضِي ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عُفَيْرٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَا ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ فِي الْجَنَابَةِ أَكَانَ يَغْتَسِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَوْ يَنَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ؟ قَالَتْ «كُلُّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رُبَّمَا اغْتَسَلَ فَنَامَ وَرُبَّمَا تَوَضَّأَ فَنَامَ» قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الْأَمْرِ سَعَةً رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ شَوَاهِدَهُ بِأَلْفَاظِهَا وَقَدْ تَابَعَهُ غُضَيْفُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَرواه مسلم