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122. Umm Salamah narrated:"Umm Sulaim bint Milhān came to the Prophet ﷺ, and she said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Indeed Allāh is not embarrassed of the truth. So is it required of a woman – meaning Ghusl – when she sees in her sleep similar to what a man sees?' He replied: 'Yes. When she finds water (wetness), then she is to perform Ghusl.'" Umm Salamah said: "I said to her: 'O Umm Sulaim! You have disgraced the women!'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ
It is the saying of the Fuqahā', in general: That when the woman sees something in her sleep that is similar to what a man sees, such that she has a discharge, then
Ghusl is required from her. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and Ash-Shāfi‘ī.
[He said:] And there are narrations on this topic from Umm Sulaim, Khawlah, ‘Aishah and Anas.
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Commentary
The entire Ummah agreed regarding the abovementioned issue, except Imām Nakha‘ī, that if a woman has a wet dream taking a bath is obligatory for her. However, this happens very rarely, that is why ‘Aishah and Umm Salamah were surprised and said, that by asking this question she insulted the women.
