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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Purification

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 112

Chapter: What Has Been Related That 'Water Is For Water'

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 112

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَحَّافِ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ

إِنَّمَا الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فِي الاِحْتِلاَمِ ‏

Ibn 'Abbas said:

"Water is for water' is only about the wet dream."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 112).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ أَبِي الْجَحَّافِ ) بِفَتْحِ الْجِيمِ وَتَثْقِيلِ الْمُهْمَلَةِ وَآخِرُهُ فَاءٌ , اِسْمُهُ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَوْفٍ , مَشْهُورٌ بِكُنْيَتِهِ صَدُوقٌ شِيعِيٌّ رُبَّمَا أَخْطَأَ كَذَا فِي التَّقْرِيبِ , وَقَالَ فِي الْخُلَاصَةِ رَوَى عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ وَعِكْرِمَةَ وَعَنْهُ شَرِيكٌ وَالسُّفْيَانَانِ وَثَّقَهُ أَحْمَدُ وَابْنُ مَعِينٍ وَقَالَ النَّسَائِيُّ لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ قَالَ اِبْنُ عَدِيٍّ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ اِنْتَهَى , وَقَالَ فِي التَّهْذِيبِ قَالَ اِبْنُ مَعِينٍ يُخْطِئُ. قَوْلُهُ : ( إِنَّمَا الْمَاءُ مِنْ الْمَاءِ فِي الِاحْتِلَامِ ) يَعْنِي أَنَّ حَدِيثَ الْمَاءِ بِالْمَاءِ مَحْمُولٌ عَلَى صُورَةٍ مَخْصُوصَةٍ , وَهِيَ مَا يَقَعُ فِي الْمَنَامِ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ الْجِ…

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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 Weak chainDaif Isnaad The chain only No. 112
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 112
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 112

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Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 111

a similar narration (as Hadith no. 110) from, Az-Zuhri, with this chain.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَإِنَّمَا…

Narrated by ’Ubayy ibn Ka‘b + 2 other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 215

The verdict that water (bath) is necessary when there is emission given by the people (in the early days of Islam) was due to the concession granted by the Messenger of Allah in the beginning of Islam. He then commanded to take a bath (in such a case). Abu Dawud said : By Abu Ghassan is meant…

رُخْصَةً رَخَّصَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَدْءِ الإِسْلاَمِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالاِغْتِسَالِ بَعْدُ ‏.‏

Narrated by ’Ubayy ibn Ka‘b

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 214

The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) made a concession in the early days of Islam on account of the paucity of clothes that one should not take a bath if one has sexual intercourse (and has no seminal emission). But later on her commanded to take a bath in such a case and prohibited its…

إِنَّمَا جَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رُخْصَةً لِلنَّاسِ فِي أَوَّلِ الإِسْلاَمِ لِقِلَّةِ الثِّيَابِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالْغُسْلِ وَنَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏

Narrated by ’Ubayy ibn Ka‘b

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