Darussalam · Volume 1
1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATIONSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 181 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 46
Source no. 181 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح
Source no. 175 · Volume 1 · Page 328
Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط البخاري، وكذلك صححه الحاكم والبيهقي، وصححه أيضًا الترمذي، ونقل عن البخاري أنه أصح شيء في الباب. وصححه أحمد أيضًا وابن معين وابن خزيمة وابن حبان والدارقطني ثم النووي)
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181. 'Urwah said: "I entered in upon Marwān bin Al-Ḥakam, and we were discussing the factors that necessitate Wudū'. Marwān said: '(Of these factors) is touching the penis.' I replied: 'I did not know this.' So Marwān said: 'Busrah bint Ṣafwān narrated to me that she heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Whoever touches his penis, then let him perform Wudū'." (Ṣaḥīh)
181 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ، يَقُولُ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ فَذَكَرْنَا مَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ: وَمِنْ مَسِّ الذَّكَرِ؟ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ: مَا عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ: أَخْبَرَتْنِي بُسْرَةُ بِنْتُ صَفْوَانَ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ مَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»
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The Aḥādīth listed below (no. 182, 183) appear to be at variance with each other. The order to perform Wudū' for touching the genitals applies to males and females, since some versions of it specify that. Many scholars reconciled between the order, and the apparent allowance, saying that the allowance is for the case when there is a barrier between the hand and the private parts, as would occur during prayer or the like. But when there is no barrier, and one touches it with the hand, then the order is to perform Wudū' prior to praying.