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[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ permitted the person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) to eat, drink, or sleep without performing ablution (wudu). Abu Dawud mentioned a discussion between Yahya ibn Yamar and Ammar ibn Yasir regarding this hadith, where a man said and Ali and Ibn Umar and Abdullah ibn Amr said that the person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) should perform ablution (wudu) before eating.  

البيهقي:٩٨٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَخَّصَ لِلْجُنُبِ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ أَوْ نَامَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْقِصَّةَ وَقَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بَيْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمُرَ وَعَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ رَجُلٌ قَالَ وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَابْنُ عُمَرَ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَالْجُنُبُ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ تَوَضَّأَ