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A Woman Has Dreams Like A Man Has Dreams

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

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الحديث: 237 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 61

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237. It was reported from Yūnus, from Ibn Shihāb (Az-Zuhri), he said: "Urwah (reported) from 'Aishah, that Umm Sulaim Al-Anṣariyyah, the mother of Anas bin Mālik, asked: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Indeed Allāh is not shy of the truth. Tell me, if a woman sees in her sleep what a man sees, should she perform Ghusl or not?' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Yes, she must perform Ghusl if she found (traces of) wetness.'" 'Aishah said: "I turned to her and said: 'Uff to you! And does a woman see such a matter?' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ turned to me and said: 'May your right hand be covered with dust, O 'Aishah. And from where do you think the likeness (of the off-spring) comes from?'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: This is how it was reported by Az-Zubaidī, Mālik, and the paternal nephew of Az-Zuhri from Az-Zuhri; as well as Ibn Abī Al-Wazīr, from Mālik, from Az-Zuhri. Musāfi' Al-Hajabī was in accord with Az-Zuhri, he said: "From 'Urwah from 'Āishah." As for Hishām bin 'Urwah, he said: "From 'Urwah from Zainab bint Abī Salamah, from Umm Salamah; that Umm Sulaim came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ..."

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237 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عُرْوَةُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةَ هِيَ أُمُّ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ أَرَأَيْتَ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا رَأَتْ فِي النَّوْمِ مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ أَتَغْتَسِلُ أَمْ لَا؟ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَعَمْ. فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ إِذَا وَجَدَتِ الْمَاءَ». قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَقُلْتُ: أُفٍّ لَكِ وَهَلْ تَرَى ذَلِكَ الْمَرْأَةُ؟ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «تَرِبَتْ يَمِينُكِ يَا عَائِشَةُ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ الشَّبَهُ؟» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ : وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَى عُقيْلٌ، وَالزُّبَيْدِيُّ، وَيُونُسُ، وَابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْوَزِيرِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَوَافَقَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: مُسَافِعًا الْحَجَبِيَّ قَالَ: عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، وَأَمَّا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ فَقَالَ: عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

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Umm Salamah's statement "Indeed Allāh is not shy of the truth" demonstrates her decency and good manners. She wanted to seek information about a thing vital to ritual purity.