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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 602

Chapter: The woman sees in her dream what men see

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 602

Narrator:Khawla bint Hakīm

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ حَكِيمٍ، أَنَّهَا

سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى فِي مَنَامِهَا مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا غُسْلٌ حَتَّى تُنْزِلَ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ غُسْلٌ حَتَّى يُنْزِلَ ‏"

It was narrated from Khawlah bint Hakim that:

She asked the Messenger of Allah about a woman who sees in her dream that which a man sees. He said: "She does not have to take a bath unless she has an orgasm, just as man does not have to take a bath unless he has an orgasm."

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 602).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

( عَنْ خَوْلَة بِنْت حَكِيم ) فِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاد هَذَا الْحَدِيث ضَعِيف لِضَعْفِ عَلِيّ بْن زَيْد وَأَصْل الْحَدِيث رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيُّ أَيْضًا وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 602
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 602
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 602

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  • ناسخ الحديث ومنسوخه لابن شاهين (29)الْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى فِي الْمَنَامِ مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ ، فَقَالَ : لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا غُسْلٌ حَتَّى تُنْزِلَ

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