Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 435

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ تَذَاكَرَ عَلِيٌّ وَالْمِقْدَادُ وَعَمَّارٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِنِّي امْرَؤٌ مَذَّاءٌ وَإِنِّي أَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ مِنِّي فَيَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدُكُمَا فَذَكَرَ لِي أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمَا وَنَسِيتُهُ سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ ذَاكَ الْمَذْىُ إِذَا وَجَدَهُ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَغْسِلْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ أَوْ كَوُضُوءِ الصَّلاَةِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Ali ibn Maymun informed us; he said: Makhlad ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from ‘Ata’, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: ‘Ali, al-Miqdad, and ‘Ammar were talking. ‘Ali said: “I am a man from whom madhy is emitted frequently, and I am too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it, because of his daughter’s relationship to me. Will one of you ask him?” He told me that one of them—I have forgotten which—asked him. The Prophet ﷺ said: “That is madhy. If one of you finds it, let him wash it off and perform wudu’ as for prayer, or like the wudu’ for prayer.”

Translation notes
  • Madhy refers to pre-seminal fluid. The Arabic says ‘because of his daughter’s position/relationship with me’; the English witness likewise conveys the personal relationship without specifying a title.

  • أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ،

    The English witness omits the isnad.

    Confirm the chain against the Arabic source.