A man who prays in the garment in which he has intercourse

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray in the garments in which he had had intercourse.

Abd al-Malik bin Umayr said: A man asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him): May I pray in the garments in which I have had intercourse? He said: If something has got on the garments, wash it; and if nothing has got on them, there is no harm in praying in them.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: She knows that we pray in the very garments in which we have intercourse.

Al-Sha'bi was asked: May a man pray in the garments in which he has had intercourse? He said: Yes. He was asked: Should water be sprinkled on them? He said: That would only produce a bad smell.

Muhammad bin Abi Sufyan said that the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her), said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying in a garment that had been over me and over him, and in which there had happened what had happened.

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her): Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) use to pray in the garments in which he had had intercourse? She said: Yes; if no impurity had got on them, he would pray in those garments.