Sunan Abi Dawud · Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

باب فِي الْمَذْىِ

Chapter: On Pre-Seminal Fluid (Madhi).

8 hadith · references 206–213

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Abu Dawud · 206لَا تَفْعَلْ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْمَذْيَ ، فَاغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ وَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، فَإِذَا فَضَخْتَ الْمَاءَ فَاغْتَسِلْAli said: My prostatic fluid flowed excessively. I used to take a bath until my back cracked (because of frequent washing). I mentioned it to the prophet ﷺ, or the fact was mentioned to him (by someone else). The Messeng5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 207إِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ ، فَلْيَنْضَحْ فَرْجَهُ وَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِNarrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: Ali ibn Abu Talib commanded him to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what a man should do when he wants to have intercourse with his wife and the prostatic fluid comes out (at this moment). (H5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 208حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، قَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ وَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ هَذَا ، قَالَ : فَسَأَلَهُ الْمِقْدَادUrwah said: Ali b abi Talib said to al-miqdad, and made a similar statement as above. Al-Miqdad asked him (the prophet). The prophet ﷺ said: he should wash his penis and testicles. Abu Dawud said: The tradition has been 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 209حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ حَدِيثٍ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِلْمUrwah reported on the Authority of his father a tradition from Ali bin Abi Talib who said: I Asked al-Miqdad (to consult the prophet). He then narrated the tradition bearing the same meaning. Abu Dawud said; this traditi6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 210إِنَّمَا يُجْزِيكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْوُضُوءُ ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَكَيْفَ بِمَا يُصِيبُ ثَوْبِي مِنْهُ ؟ قَالَ : يَكْفِيكَ بِأَنْ تَأْخُذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَنْضَحَ بِهَا مِنْ ثَوْبِكَ حَيْثُ تَرَى أَنَّهُ أNarrated Sahl ibn Hunayf: I felt greatly distressed by the frequent flowing of prostatic fluid. For this reason I used to take a bath very often. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this. He replied: Ablution will be 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 211ذَاكَ الْمَذْيُ ، وَكُلُّ فَحْلٍ يَمْذِي ، فَتَغْسِلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَرْجَكَ وَأُنْثَيَيْكَ وَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِNarrated Abdullah ibn Saad al-Ansari: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as to what makes it necessary to take a bath and about the (prostatic) fluid that flows after taking a bath. He replied: that is called madhi (prosta6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 212أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا يَحِلُّ لِي مِنَ امْرَأَتِي وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ ، قَالَ : لَكَ مَا فَوْقَ الْإِزَارِNarrated Abdullah ibn Saad al-Ansari: Abdullah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is lawful for me to do with my wife when she is menstruating? He replied: What is above the waist-wrapper is lawful for you. The narrato6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 213سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَمَّا يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : مَا فَوْقَ الْإِزَارِ ، وَالتَّعَفُّفُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُNarrated Muadh ibn Jabal: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is lawful for a man to do with his wife when she is menstruating? He replied: What is above the waist-wrapper, but it is better to abstain from it, too. Ab5 narrators