Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 320, 321, 322

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن طلق بن عَليّ قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ مَسِّ الرَّجُلِ ذَكَرَهُ بَعْدَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ. قَالَ: «وَهَلْ هُوَ إِلَّا بَضْعَةٌ مِنْهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَرَوَى ابْنُ مَاجَهْ نَحوه قَالَ الشَّيْخُ الْإِمَامُ مُحْيِي السُّنَّةِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: هَذَا مَنْسُوخٌ لِأَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَسْلَمَ بَعْدَ قدوم طلق وَقد روى أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَفْضَى أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى ذَكَرِهِ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا شَيْءٌ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ» . رَوَاهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ والدراقطني وَرَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيُّ عَنْ بُسْرَةَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يذكر: «لَيْسَ بَينه بَينهَا شَيْء»

Translation

Ṭalq ibn ʿAlī reported that the Messenger of God was asked about a man touching his penis after performing ablution. He replied: ‘Is it anything but a part of him?’ Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and al-Nasāʾī transmitted it; Ibn Mājah transmitted a similar report.

Shaykh, Imām, and Muḥyī al-Sunna said: ‘This report is abrogated, because Abū Hurayra embraced Islam after Ṭalq had arrived.’ Abū Hurayra reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘If one of you brings his hand to his penis, with nothing between them, let him perform ablution.’ Al-Shāfiʿī and al-Dāraquṭnī transmitted it. Al-Nasāʾī transmitted it from Busra but omitted the words ‘with nothing between them.’

Translation notes
  • The accompanying Arabic assessments list one ṣaḥīḥ (sound) and two ḍaʿīf (weak) grades without assigning them to specific versions. The claim that Ṭalq’s report is abrogated is attributed to Muḥyī al-Sunna and is editorial commentary, not part of the prophetic wording.