Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 460

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن عَليّ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْخَلَاءِ فَيُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْم وَلم يكن يَحْجُبْهُ أَوْ يَحْجُزْهُ عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ لَيْسَ الْجَنَابَةَ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَرَوَى ابْنُ مَاجَهْ نَحوه

Translation

ʿAlī said: ‘The Prophet would leave the privy, recite the Qurʾān to us, and eat meat with us. Nothing kept him from reciting the Qurʾān except sexual impurity.’ Abū Dāwūd and al-Nasāʾī transmitted it; Ibn Mājah transmitted a similar report.