Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram 110
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ إِذَا جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا اَلْأَرْبَعِ, ثُمَّ جَهَدَهَا, فَقَدْ وَجَبَ اَلْغُسْلُ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه ِ 1 .1 - صحيح. رواه البخاري (291)، ومسلم (348).
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When one of you sits between her four limbs and then has intercourse with her, ghusl is obligatory.’ It is agreed upon. 1 — Sahih. Al-Bukhari (291) and Muslim (348) reported it.
Translation notes
ثُمَّ جَهَدَهَا
The Arabic uses the euphemistic expression ‘then exerts himself with her’; the English witness renders it as ‘penetrates her’. The translation uses ‘has intercourse’ for a natural English rendering, but the exact level of explicitness merits review.
Should this phrase remain euphemistic in English or be rendered explicitly as in the witness?