Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (may Allah be pleased with him) informed me of this matter: The issue that people mention, that bathing (ghusl) becomes obligatory only as a result of water (i.e., the emission of semen), was a concession that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted in the early days (the narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words) at the beginning of Islam. Then, after that, he commanded bathing (ghusl). (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) It is possible that Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (may Allah be pleased with him) first mentioned the abrogation of this act, as Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d narrated from him. Then he forgot this and gave the fatwa regarding the first ruling about this act, which had been abrogated, as Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani narrated from him.