Mishkat al-Masabih 451

Abū Hurayra said: ‘The Messenger of Allah met me while I was in a state of sexual impurity. He took my hand, and I walked with him until he sat down. I slipped away, went to my lodging, performed the ritual bath, then returned and found him still seated. He asked: “Where had you gone, Abū Hurayra?” I told him, and he said: “Glory be to Allah! A believer does not become impure.”’

This is al-Bukhārī’s wording; Muslim transmits a similar version and adds after ‘I told him’: ‘You met me while I was in a state of sexual impurity, and I disliked sitting with you before I had bathed.’ Al-Bukhārī also has this addition in another version.