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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 611

Chapter: What was narrated about the obligation of bath when the two circumcised parts meet

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 611

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ إِذَا الْتَقَى الْخِتَانَانِ وَتَوَارَتِ الْحَشَفَةُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ ‏"

It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib from his father, that his grandfather said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When the two circumcised parts meet, and (the tip of the penis) disappears, then bath is obligatory.'"

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 611) and Ahmad (No. 6383).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( وَتَوَارَتْ ) أَيْ غَابَتْ ( الْحَشَفَة ) رَأْس الذَّكَر وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاد هَذَا الْحَدِيث ضَعِيف لِضَعْفِ حَجَّاج بْن أَرْطَاةَ وَالْحَدِيث أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم وَغَيْره مِنْ وُجُوه أُخَر وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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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. 611
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 611
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 611
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 611

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Also reported by… (2)
  • التمهيد لابن عبد البر (4143)إِذَا الْتَقَى الْخِتَانَانِ وَتَوَارَتِ الْحَشَفَةُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (922)إِذَا الْتَقَى الْخِتَانَانِ وَتَوَارَتِ الْحَشَفَةُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 110

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said that, “If one of you sits between her legs (of a woman) and penetrates her, Ghusl (bath) is obligatory.” [Agreed upon].

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ إِذَا جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا اَلْأَرْبَعِ, ثُمَّ جَهَدَهَا, فَقَدْ وَجَبَ اَلْغُسْلُ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه ِ 1‏ .‏ ‏1 ‏-…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 14 other versions

Authentic Muwatta Malik 104

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Abdullah that Abu Salamaibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf related that he had asked A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, what made ghusl obligatory. She said, "Do you know what you are like, Abu…

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 349

There cropped up a difference of opinion between a group of Muhajirs (Emigrants and a group of Ansar (Helpers) (and the point of dispute was) that the Ansar said: The bath (because of sexual intercourse) becomes obligatory only-when the semen spurts out or ejaculates. But the Muhajirs said: When a…

جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا الأَرْبَعِ وَمَسَّ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ ‏"

Narrated by Ā’ishah

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