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Sunan Ibn Majah 581 — Sleeping in Janabah Before Ghusl
The sexually impure person sleeping as he is without touching water
Sleep in Janabah Hadith and Delaying Ghusl
Sunan Ibn Majah : 581
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 581
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يُجْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ وَلاَ يَمَسُّ مَاءً حَتَّى يَقُومَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيَغْتَسِلَ .
A'isha Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah would become sexually impure and then sleep without water until he got up later on and taken a bath.
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 581In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 315English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 581
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 581
This hadith about sleep in janabah describes a private practice reported by Aishah. She said that the Messenger of Allah would become sexually impure, then sleep without using water, and later get up and take a bath. The main point in the text is simple: ghusl was still done, but it happened after sleep in this report. The hadith does not add extra details about prayer, timing, or other acts, so the explanation should stay close to the wording. It teaches that matters of purification were carefully preserved through the household of the Prophet, including details about janabah, sleep, and ghusl.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ghusl is connected to cleansing after janabah.
- Aishah reported private household practices to teach the Ummah.
- This report mentions sleeping before ghusl, then bathing later.
- The text should not be stretched beyond what it directly says.
