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tabarani:17759Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Yaʿlá al-Thawrī > Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

[Machine] That I ask the Prophet ﷺ about (the ruling of) vaginal discharge and his daughter was present with me, so I commanded Al-Miqdad to ask him, and he replied, "It requires performing ablution."  

الطبراني:١٧٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ثنا أَبُو يَعْلَى الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْي وَكَانَتِ ابْنَتُهُ تَحْتِي فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ «فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ»  


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bukhari:178Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Mundhir Abū Yaʿlá al-Thawrī > Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah

I used to get emotional urethral discharges frequently and felt shy to ask Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. So I requested Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad to ask (the Prophet ﷺ ) about it. Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "One has to perform ablution (after it)."  

البخاري:١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ أَبِي يَعْلَى الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ كُنْتُ رَجُلاً مَذَّاءً فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ «فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ۔»  

وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ
muslim:303aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ Waʾabū Muʿāwiyah Wahushaym > al-Aʿmash > Mundhir b. Yaʿlá Wayukná Abū Yaʿlá > Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah > ʿAlī

I was one whose prostatic fluid flowed readily and I was ashamed to ask the Apostle ﷺ about it, because of the position of his daughter. I, therefore, asked Miqdad. b. al-Asad and he inquired of him (the Holy Prophet). He (the Holy Prophet) said: He should wash his male organ and perform ablution.  

مسلم:٣٠٣aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَهُشَيْمٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُنْذِرِ بْنِ يَعْلَى وَيُكْنَى أَبَا يَعْلَى عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلاً مَذَّاءً وَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحْيِي

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ  

muslim:303bYaḥyá b. Ḥabīb al-Ḥārithī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mundhir > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

I felt shy of asking about prostatic fluid from the Apostle ﷺ because of Fatimah. I, therefore, asked al-Miqdad (to ask on my behalf) and he asked. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Ablution is obligatory in such a case.  

مسلم:٣٠٣bوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُنْذِرًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْىِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ  

nasai:437Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Mundhir > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

"I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Madhi because of Fatimah, so I told Al-Miqdad to ask him, and he said: 'Wudu' (is required) for that.'"  

النسائي:٤٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُنْذِرًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْىِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ  

nasai:157Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mundhir > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

"I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about prostatic fluid because of Fatimah, so I told Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad to ask about it, and he (the Prophet ﷺ) said: 'Perform Wudu' for that.'"  

النسائي:١٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُنْذِرًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْىِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ  

ahmad:606ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Mundhir > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī

I was a man who emitted a great deal of madhi, but I felt too shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ about that because of the position of his daughter, so I told al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad to ask him, and he said: ʿLet him wash his private part and do wudoo’.ʿ  

أحمد:٦٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحْيِي

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ  

ahmad:1182Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > al-Mundhir al-Thawrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

l felt too shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ about madhi because of Fatimah ؓ , so I told Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad and he asked the Prophet ﷺ about that. He said: ʿWudoo’. should be done for that.ʿ  

أحمد:١١٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ  

ahmad:1009Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

I was a man who emitted a great deal of madhi and I felt too shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ [about that] because of his daughter, so I told al-Miqdad to ask him and he said: ʿLet him wash his private part and testicles and do wudoo’.  

أحمد:١٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً وَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَأُنْثَيَيْهِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ  

ahmad:1071ʿAbdullāh > Abū Baḥr ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ghiyāth al-Baṣrī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar And Sufyān b. Wakīʿ > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > ʿAlī

I was a man who emitted a great deal of madhi but I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it because his daughter was married to me, so I told a man to ask him and he said: ʿFor that, do wudoo’.ʿ  

أحمد:١٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَحْرٍ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنَّ ابْنَتَهُ كَانَتْ عِنْدِي فَأَمَرْتُ رَجُلًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ  

nasai-kubra:148Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mundhir > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

I felt shy of asking about prostatic fluid from the Apostle ﷺ because of Fatimah. I, therefore, asked al-Miqdad (to ask on my behalf) and he asked. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Ablution is obligatory in such a case. (Using translation from Muslim 303b)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُنْذِرًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ §اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ؟ فَقَالَ «فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ»  

nasai-kubra:5857Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Mundhir > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > ʿAlī > Āstaḥyayt

I felt shy of asking about prostatic fluid from the Apostle ﷺ because of Fatimah. I, therefore, asked al-Miqdad (to ask on my behalf) and he asked. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Ablution is obligatory in such a case. (Using translation from Muslim 303b)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُنْذِرًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ «فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ»