Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 602

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ حَكِيمٍ، أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَرَى فِي مَنَامِهَا مَا يَرَى الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا غُسْلٌ حَتَّى تُنْزِلَ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ غُسْلٌ حَتَّى يُنْزِلَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us; they said: Waki reported to us, from Sufyan, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, from Khawlah bint Hakim, who asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about a woman who sees in her dream what a man sees. He replied, ‘She is not required to perform the ritual bath until she emits fluid, just as a man is not required to perform the ritual bath until he emits fluid.’

Translation notes
  • The English witness uses ‘orgasm’; the Arabic says تنزل, referring to emission, so the narrower term is not adopted.

  • حَتَّى تُنْزِلَ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ غُسْلٌ حَتَّى يُنْزِلَ

    The witness renders the condition as orgasm, which is more specific than the Arabic wording.

    The translation follows the Arabic's wording; can the witness's interpretation be verified against a specialist commentary?