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Sunan Abi Dawud 178 — Kissing and Ablution Report
Wudu' From Kissing
Does Kissing Break Wudu? A Report with Abu Dawud's Note
Sunan Abi Dawud : 178
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 178
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي رَوْقٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبَّلَهَا وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ كَذَا رَوَاهُ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ مُرْسَلٌ إِبْرَاهِيمُ التَّيْمِيُّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ التَّيْمِيُّ وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً وَكَانَ يُكْنَى أَبَا أَسْمَاءَ .
A'isha Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) kissed me and did not perform ablution. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is Mursal (i.e. where the link of the Companions is missing and the Successor reports from the Prophet directly). Ibrahim at-Taimi did not hear anything from 'Aishah. Abu Dawud said: Al-Firyabi and other narrated this tradition in a like manner.
[1] There are two popular ways that the term Mursal is used; first, one of the Tabi'in narrates the report from the Prophet ﷺ without mentioning any Companion in the chain. The second, and it is the meaning the author intends here, is that there is a narrator missing in some portion of the chain, whether it is early or later in the chain. Some scholars will prefer to use the term Munqaṭ'a for the second meaning.[2] Muḥammad bin Yūsuf Aḍ-Ḍabbī.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 178In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 178English translation : Book 1, Hadith 178
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 178
This Hadith is often searched under does kissing break wudu or Prophet kissed Aishah and did not make wudu. The translation reports from Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم kissed her and did not perform ablution. The important part is that Abu Dawud adds a clear note: this tradition is mursal, meaning the Companion link is missing in this chain, and Ibrahim at-Taimi did not hear anything from Aishah. So the content mentions an action, but the Hadith itself also records a chain concern. A careful explanation should include both, without turning the report into a broad ruling. The text teaches us to read the narration and the scholar's note together.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report says the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم kissed Aishah and did not perform ablution.
- Abu Dawud states that this tradition is mursal.
- The chain note is part of the provided Hadith and should not be ignored.
