Monthly Archives: April 2011
Wet Dreams (Hadith No. 280)
Salam,
Bismillah.
Hadith no. 279 is a repeat. Read it here.
Narrated Um-Salama:
(the mother of the believers) Um Sulaim, the wife of Abu Talha, came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?” Allah’s Apostle replied, “Yes, if she notices a discharge.”
- Yes, women can have wet dreams as well.
- If discharge is noticed, taking a bath (that of Janaba) is compulsory.
- The discharge noticed has to be due to a dream (while sleeping). Getting it while being awake does not have the same ruling.
Using Screens (Hadith No. 278)
Salam,
Bismillah.
We have screens in our bathrooms these days that separate the bathing area and the toilet. That’s a good thing. Prophet (SAW) used a screen too.
Narrated Um Hani bint Abi Talib:
I went to Allah’s Apostle in the year of the conquest of Mecca and found him taking a bath while Fatima was screening him. The Prophet asked, “Who is it?” I replied, “I am Um-Hani.”
Wassalam.
Ghusl: Some History (Hadith No. 277)
Salam,
Bismillah.
Today’s Hadith narrates two interesting events from history related to ghusl. Read on.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, ‘The (people of) Bani Israel used to take bath naked (all together) looking at each other. The Prophet Moses used to take a bath alone. They said, ‘By Allah! Nothing prevents Moses from taking a bath with us except that he has a scrotal hernia.’ So once Moses went out to take a bath and put his clothes over a stone and then that stone ran away with his clothes. Moses followed that stone saying, “My clothes, O stone! My clothes, O stone! till the people of Bani Israel saw him and said, ‘By Allah, Moses has got no defect in his body. Moses took his clothes and began to beat the stone.” Abu Huraira added, “By Allah! There are still six or seven marks present on the stone from that excessive beating.”
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “When the Prophet Job (Ayub) was taking a bath naked, golden locusts began to fall on him. Job started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord addressed him, ‘O Job! Haven’t I given you enough so that you are not in need of them.’ Job replied, ‘Yes!’ By Your Honor (power)! But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings.’ “
Wassalam.
Hadith No. 276
Salam,
Bismillah.
Hadith no. 275 is a repeat. Read it here.
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever any one of us was Junub, she poured water over her head thrice with both her hands and then rubbed the right side of her head with one hand and rubbed the left side of the head with the other hand.
In the bath of Janaba, it is not compulsory to wash one’s hair properly. All that’s required is to wet the roots of hair and rub them, as described in the Hadith above.
But the bath of Haydh (menstruation) is a bit different. We’ll look at it in detail in Kitaab-ul-Haydh (Book of Menstruation) inshaAllah. :)
Wassalam.
Ahadith 269-274
Salam,
Bismillah.
We’re doing more than one Ahadith today because most of them are repeats with slight difference of words. So, I’m going to link each Hadith with its repeat and explain today’s narration inshaAllah.
Volume 1, Book 5, Number 269:
Narrated ‘Ali:
I used to get emotional urethral discharge frequently. Being the son-in-law of the Prophet I requested a man to ask him about it. So the man asked the Prophet about it. The Prophet replied, “Perform ablution after washing your organ (penis).”
Read this here.
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Muntathir:
on the authority of his father that he had asked ‘Aisha about the saying of Ibn ‘Umar(i.e. he did not like to be a Muhrim while the smell of scent was still coming from his body). ‘Aisha said, “I scented Allah’s Apostle and he went round (had sexual intercourse with) all his wives, and in the morning he was Muhrim (after taking a bath).”
Read this here.
Narrated ‘Aisha:
It is as if I am just looking at the glitter of scent in the parting of the Prophet’s head hair while he was a Muhrim.
Related to previous one.
Narrated Hisham bin ‘Urwa:
(on the authority of his father) ‘Aisha said, “Whenever Allah’s Apostle took the bath of Janaba, he cleaned his hands and performed ablution like that for prayer and then took a bath and rubbed his hair, till he felt that the whole skin of the head had become wet, then he would pour water thrice and wash the rest of the body.” ‘Aisha further said, “I and Allah’s Apostle used to take a bath from a single water container, from which we took water simultaneously.”
Read this here.
Narrated Maimuna:
Water was placed for the ablution of Allah’s Apostle after Janaba. He poured water with his right hand over his left twice or thrice and then washed his private parts and rubbed his hand on the earth or on a wall twice or thrice and then rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out arid then washed his face and forearms and poured water over his head and washed his body. Then he shifted from that place and washed his feet. I brought a piece of cloth, but he did not take it and removed the traces of water from his body with his hand.”
Read this here.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Once the call (Iqama) for the prayer was announced and the rows were straightened. Allah’s Apostle came out; and when he stood up at his Musalla, he remembered that he was Junub. Then he ordered us to stay at our places and went to take a bath and then returned with water dropping from his head. He said, “Allahu-Akbar”, and we all offered the prayer with him.
This is today’s Hadith.
Lesson: Don’t panic in emergencies. Do the right thing. :)
Wassalam.
