Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3328
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ، فَهَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الْغُسْلُ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ قَالَ " نَعَمْ، إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ ". فَضَحِكَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ، فَقَالَتْ تَحْتَلِمُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَبِمَا يُشْبِهُ الْوَلَدُ ".
Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwa, from his father, from Zaynab bint Abi Salama, from Umm Salama, that Umm Sulaym said: ‘Messenger of Allah, Allah is not shy of the truth. Must a woman perform ghusl if she has a wet dream?’ He said: ‘Yes, if she sees fluid.’ Umm Salama smiled and said, ‘Can a woman have a wet dream?’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Then how does a child come to resemble her?’
Translation notes
Rendered the question about a wet dream and the condition of seeing fluid directly, without importing explanatory language from the English witness.