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ibnmajah:593Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

If the Prophet wanted to eat when he was sexually impure, he would wash his hands.  

ابن ماجة:٥٩٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ  


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nasai:256Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

It was narrated from 'Aishah that if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was Junub, he would perform Wudu', and if he wanted to eat he would wash his hands.  

النسائي:٢٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ  

abudawud:223Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Bazzāz > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī Biʾisnādih And Maʿnāh Zād Waʾidhā Arād

If he intends to eat while he is defiled, he should wash both his hands. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Wahb narrated this tradition on the authority of Yunus. He described the fact of eating as the statement of ‘A’ishah (not the saying of the prophet). It has also been narrated it from ‘Urwah or Abu Salamah. Al-Awza’I narrated it from Yunus on the Authority of Al-Zuhri from the prophet ﷺ as narrated by Ibn al-Mubarak.  

أبو داود:٢٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ

عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ زَادَ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ فَجَعَلَ قِصَّةَ الأَكْلِ قَوْلَ عَائِشَةَ مَقْصُورًا وَرَوَاهُ صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي الأَخْضَرِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ كَمَا قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ أَوْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَرَوَاهُ الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَمَا قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ
abudawud:224Musaddad > 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.  

أبو داود:٢٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَوْ يَنَامَ تَوَضَّأَ تَعْنِي وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ  

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: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:25598Wakīʿ > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū al-Akhḍar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah Waʾabī Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

If the Prophet wanted to eat when he was sexually impure, he would wash his hands. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 593)  

أحمد:٢٥٥٩٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَخْضَرِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ  

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»  

nasai-kubra:250Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

It was narrated from 'Aishah that if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to sleep while he was Junub, he would perform Wudu', and if he wanted to eat he would wash his hands. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 256)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:8997Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Ṣāliḥ > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah Waʾabī Salamah > 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:٨٩٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ يَأْكُلُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6704Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > 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:٦٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ»  

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»