Sunan Abi Dawud
Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) — Hadith #228
Traditional grade: Sahih, Daif How we grade
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنَامُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَمَسَّ مَاءً . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ هَارُونَ يَقُولُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ وَهَمٌ . يَعْنِي حَدِيثَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ .
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would sleep while he was sexually defiled without touching water.
Abu Dawud said: Hasan b. ‘Ali al-Wasiti said that the heard Yazid b. Harun say: This tradition is based on a misunderstanding, i.e. the tradition reported by Abu Ishaq.
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Traditional grade: Sahih, Daif