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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 194 — Ghusl after a wet dream

وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ، ثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ أُمُّ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَتْ : أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِحْدَانَا تَرَى فِي مَنَامِهَا مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ ؟ فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " هَلْ تَجِدُ شَهْوَةً ؟ " قَالَتْ : لَعَلَّهُ . قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فَهَلْ تَجِدُ مَاءً ؟ " قَالَتْ : لَعَلَّهُ . قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ " .
هَذَا سَنَدٌ صَحِيحٌ ، لَكِنْ لَهُ عِلَّةٌ .
194 \ 2 - قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، وَعَطَاءٍ ، وَمُجَاهِدٍ ، قَالُوا : إِنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ وَقَالَ : " بَلَلًا " بَدَلَ " مَاءً " .
وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ : " قَالَ : إِذَا رَأَتْ ذَلِكَ فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ . فَلَقِيَهَا نِسْوَةٌ فَقُلْنَ لَهَا : فَضَحْتِينَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ! فَقَالَتْ : مَا كُنْتُ لِأَنْتَهِيَ حَتَّى أَعْلَمَ أَنَا فِي حَلَالٍ أَمْ فِي حَرَامٍ " !
قُلْتُ : وَأَصْلُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ النَّسَائِيِّ مِنْ طَرِيقِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا .
وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، لَكِنَّ ظَاهِرَ سِيَاقِهِ أَنَّهُ مِنْ مُسْنَدِ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ .
وَأَصْلُ الْقِصَّةِ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ : جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا .
It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) (who is the mother of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)) that she said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Do we women also see in a dream what a man sees (in a wet dream)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Does she feel desire and pleasure?" She said: "Perhaps, yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked again: "Then does she also find water or moisture (on waking)?" She said: "Perhaps it is so." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then she should take a bath."
This chain is apparently sahih (authentic), but it has a hidden technical defect ('illah). Imam Ishaq narrated the same incident through another route, in which the word "wetness or moisture" occurs instead of "water", and at its end it is also narrated that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a woman sees something like that in a dream, she should take a bath." (Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) relates that) then some women met me and said (out of modesty): "You have disgraced us before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (by openly asking such a shameful matter)!" At this she replied: "I would never refrain (from asking religious questions) until I come to know whether I am in a state of the lawful or the unlawful (that is, whether my worship is valid or not)."
I (Ibn Hajar) say: The basis of this hadith is in Sunan al-Nasa'i through the chain of Sa'id bin Abi Arubah from Qatadah from Anas from Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with them both), while Imam Muslim narrated it through another route from Sa'id himself, but its context makes it apparent that it is from the Musnad of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). Also, the basis of this story is in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim through the narration of Zaynab bint Umm Salamah from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Prophet.
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الغسل / 194
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