Sahih al-Bukhari 6091

Book 78: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab) · Hadith 118

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَسْتَحِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ، هَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ غُسْلٌ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَضَحِكَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ أَتَحْتَلِمُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ فَبِمَ شَبَهُ الْوَلَدِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Zainab bint Um Salama:Um Sulaim said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it essential for a woman to take a bath after she had a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?" He said, "Yes, if she notices discharge. On that Um Salama laughed and said, "Does a woman get a (nocturnal sexual) discharge?" He said, "How then does (her) son resemble her (his mother)?

Zainab bint Umm Salama bataati hain: Umm Sulaim ne kaha, 'Aye Allah ke Rasool! Allah sach batane mein sharmaata nahi. Kya aurat ko (raat mein khwaab mein humbistari ke) tar (discharge) hone ke baad gusl zaroori hai?' Unhone kaha, 'Haan, agar use tar mehsoos ho.' Isper Umm Salama hansi aur kaha, 'Kya aurat ko bhi (raat mein) discharge hota hai?' Unhone kaha, 'To phir uska bacha use kaise milta-julta hai?'

Sahih al-Bukhari 6091 · Book 78, Hadith 118

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