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darimi:784Aḥmad b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ act when he wanted to sleep while in a state of sexual impurity?" She said, "He would perform ablution as he does for prayer, then he would sleep."  

الدارمي:٧٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ «يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ»  


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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  

ahmad:306Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmaraʿan ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, if one of us wants to sleep before doing ghusl when he is junub, what should he do? He said: ʿLet him do wudoo’ as for prayer, then sleep.”  

أحمد:٣٠٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَحَدُنَا إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ؟ قَالَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاةِ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ  

ahmad:94Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmaraʿan Abīh

I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what one of us should do if he becomes junub then wants to sleep before doing ghusl. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Let him do wudoo' as for prayer, then he may go to sleep.ʿ  

أحمد:٩٤حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَعَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ أَحَدُنَا إِذَا هُوَ أَجْنَبَ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاةِ ثُمَّ لِيَنَمْ  

ahmad:26342Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad b. Yazīd al-Nakhaʿī from his father

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , narrated that she asked him, "What did the Messenger of Allah do when he was in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) and wanted to sleep before performing ablution?" She said, "He would perform ablution for prayer and then go to sleep."  

أحمد:٢٦٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهَا كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا هُوَ جُنُبٌ وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ  

ahmad:25667Yaḥyá > Hishām / al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sleep while he was in a state of sexual impurity (junub)?" She replied, "Yes, but he would perform ablution similar to the ablution for prayer."  

أحمد:٢٥٦٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي الدَّسْتُوَائِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنْ كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِثْلَ وُضُوءِ الصَّلَاةِ  

ahmad:24872ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

"If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was Junub, he would perform Wudu', and if he wanted to eat or drink," she said: "he would wash his hands and then eat or drink." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 257)   

أحمد:٢٤٨٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ قَالَتْ يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ  

ahmad:24874Muḥammad b. Bakr > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb ʿAmman > 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:٢٤٨٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَكَلَ  

ahmad:26003Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah

[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sleep while he was in a state of impurity?" She said, "Yes, but he would not sleep until he washed his private area and performed ablution for prayer."  

أحمد:٢٦٠٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَ فَرْجَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ  

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  

ahmad:24717Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > 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:٢٤٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ

ibnhibban:1217Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

"If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was Junub, he would perform Wudu' as for prayer before sleeping." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 258)  

ابن حبّان:١٢١٧أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ»  

tabarani:20104al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Muʿāwiyah > Sufyān And Shaybān > Jābir > Ibn Sābiṭ > Um Salamah

"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)  

الطبراني:٢٠١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشَيْبَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَابِطٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

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