A woman who sees in her sleep what a man sees

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Once Sayyidah Umm Sulaym came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: "If a woman also sees in her dream what a man sees, what should she do?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If she sees the fluid, she should perform the ritual bath." I said to Umm Sulaym: "You have disgraced the women! Does a woman have wet dreams?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May your right hand be covered in dust! Then why does a child resemble its mother?"

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Umm Sulaym asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about a woman who sees in her dream what a man sees. He said: "When she sees that and has a discharge, the ritual bath is obligatory upon her." Sayyidah Umm Salamah said: "O Messenger of Allah! Does that really happen?" He said: "Yes. A man's fluid is thick and white and a woman's fluid is thin and yellow; whichever of the two comes first or prevails, the child resembles that one."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said that Sayyidah Khawlah bint Hakim (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about a woman who sees in her dream what a man sees. He said: "The ritual bath is not obligatory upon her until she has a discharge, just as the ritual bath is not obligatory upon a man until he has a discharge."

Once a woman named Busrah asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! If one of us women sees in a dream that she is with her husband, what should she do?" He said: "O Busrah! When you see wetness, perform the ritual bath."

Sayyidah Umm Sulaym asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! If a woman sees in her dream what a man sees, is the ritual bath obligatory upon her?" He said: "Does she feel desire?" She said: "Perhaps." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Does she see wetness?" She said: "Perhaps." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then she should perform the ritual bath." Later some women met Sayyidah Umm Sulaym and said: "You have disgraced us before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." She said: "By Allah, I was not going to stop until I knew whether I am in what is lawful or in what is unlawful."

Mujahid said: If a woman sees in a dream what a man sees, she should perform the ritual bath.

Salim, Mujahid and Ata said: If a woman too sees in a dream what a man sees, she should perform the ritual bath.

Ibrahim used to deny that women have wet dreams.

Amir (al-Sha'bi) said: When a woman sees in a dream what a man sees, she should perform the ritual bath.

Ibrahim said: The ritual bath is not required of her. And Zirr said: She should perform the ritual bath.

Abu al-Duha said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a woman who sees in a dream what a man sees: should she perform the ritual bath or not? He said: "When she sees wetness, she should perform the ritual bath."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a woman sees in a dream what a man sees and then has a discharge, she should perform the ritual bath.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When a woman sees the fluid, she should perform the ritual bath.

Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah said: When a woman sees what a man sees, she should perform the ritual bath.