and al-Tirmidhi, who said: A hasan sahih (good, authentic) hadith (3). It was narrated from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who said: A group of the Muhajirun and the Ansar differed regarding that. The Ansar said: Ghusl is not obligatory except from gushing water or from the water itself. The Muhajirun said: Rather, if he has intercourse, then ghusl has become obligatory. [He said, he said] (4) Abu Musa: So I shall clarify that for you. I stood up and asked permission to enter upon A'isha, and I said: O Mother, or O Mother of the Believers, I wish to ask you about something, and I am embarrassed to do so. She said: Do not be embarrassed to ask me about something you would ask your mother who bore you, for I am indeed your mother. I said: What necessitates ghusl? She said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "If he sits between her four limbs and the circumcised part touches the circumcised part, then ghusl has become obligatory." Muttafaq alayh (agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim) (5). In a hadith from Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: Whoever disagrees with that, I will make him an example for others (6). Abu Hurayra narrated that the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "If he sits between her four limbs, and exerts himself, then ghusl has become obligatory upon him." Muttafaq alayh (7). Muslim added: "Even if he does not ejaculate."
(3) From the beginning of the phrase "It was narrated by Imam Ahmad" it was omitted from the original; it was extracted by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 5/115, 116. Abu Dawud in: The chapter on failing to ejaculate (al-iksal), from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/49. Ibn Majah in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding the obligation of ghusl when the two circumcised parts meet, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/200. Al-Tirmidhi in: The chapter on what has been narrated that water is from water, from the Chapters of Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/167. (4) In [M]: "he said". (5) The hadith "If he sits between her four limbs" is muttafaq alayh, from the hadith of Abu Hurayra, as mentioned in the previous page and as will come shortly. As for the hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari from A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, it was extracted by Muslim in: The chapter on the abrogation of "water is from water" and the obligation of ghusl upon the meeting of the two circumcised parts, from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/271. Imam Malik in: The chapter on the obligation of ghusl when the two circumcised parts meet, from the Book of Purification. al-Muwatta 1/46. Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 6/97. As for the hadith of A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, regarding the meeting of the two circumcised parts, it was also extracted by al-Tirmidhi in: The chapter on what has been narrated that if the two circumcised parts meet, ghusl becomes obligatory, from the Chapters of Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/164. Ibn Majah in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding the obligation of ghusl, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/199. Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 6/47, 112, 123, 135, 161, 227, 239, 265. (6) See: Musnad al-Imam Ahmad 5/115. (7) The extraction of the two Sheikhs' narration for it was previously mentioned. It was also extracted by Abu Dawud in: The chapter on failing to ejaculate, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/49. al-Nasa'i in: The chapter on the obligation of ghusl when the two circumcised parts meet, from the Book of Purification. al-Mujtaba 1/92. al-Darimi in: The chapter on the touching of one circumcised part to the other, from the Book of Purification. Sunan al-Darimi 1/194. Imam Ahmad, in: = al-Musnad 2/234, 393, 347, 471, 520.
