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Sunan Ibn Majah 583

Chapter: The sexually impure person sleeping as he is without touching water

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 583

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ

يُجْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ كَهَيْئَتِهِ لاَ يَمَسُّ مَاءً ‏.‏

It was narrated from 'Aishah that:

The Messenger of Allah would become sexually impure then sleep as he was, without touching water. (Da'if)Sufyan said: "I mentioned this Hadith one day, and Isma'il said to me: 'O young man, you should support this Hadith with something else.'"

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 583).

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 583
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 583
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 583
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 583

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  • مسند إسحاق بن راهويه (1348)يَجْنُبُ ، ثُمَّ يَنَامُ كَهَيْئَتِهِ لا يَمَسُّ مَاءً

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Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 118

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to sleep in the state of sexual impurity without touching water. [Reported by Al-Arba’a. This Hadith is defective].

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Ghudayf ibn al-Harith reported: I asked Aisha: Have you seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) washing (because of defilement) at the beginning of the night or at the end? She replied: Sometimes he would take a bath at the beginning of the night and sometimes at the end. Thereupon I exclaimed: Allah is…

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Authentic Muwatta Malik 109

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, "If you have intercourse with your wife and then wish to go to sleep before doing ghusl, do not sleep until you have done wudu as for…

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