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113. Āishah narrated: “The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a man who finds wetness and he does not remember having a wet dream. So he said: ‘He is to perform Ghusl.’ And (he was asked) about a man who had a wet dream but does not find any wetness, so he said: ‘No Ghusl is required of him.’ Umm Salamah said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! Is the woman required to perform Ghusl if she sees that?’ He replied: ‘Yes. Indeed women are the partners of men.’” (Da’if)
Abū ‘Īsā said: This Hadīth – the Hadīth of Āishah about the man who finds wetness but does not remember having a wet dream – was only reported by ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar from ‘Ubaidullāh bin ‘Umar. And ‘Abdullāh (Ibn ‘Umar) was graded weak by Yahya bin Sa’eed due to his weak memory in Hadīth.
This is the saying of more than one of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and the Tābi’īn: When a man awakens to see some wetness then he is to perform Ghusl. This is the saying of Sufyān [Ath-Thawrī] and Aḥmad.
Some of the people of knowledge among the Tābi'īn say that Ghusl is only obligatory for him when the moisture is semen. This is the saying of Ash-Shāfi'ī and Ishāq.
When he has a wet dream and does not see any wetness then Ghusl is not required of him, according to the people of knowledge in general.
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Commentary
This is what Ibn 'Abbās meant about water is for water i.e. Taking a bath is not compulsory if water (wetness of semen) is not seen; but if he, after awaking from sleep, observes wetness, then a bath is obligatory for him because the wet dream basically depends on the ejaculation of semen, whether one remembers a wet dream or not. However if it is certain that it was semen, then the issue of taking a bath is consensually agreed.
