Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 437
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُنْذِرًا، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْمَذْىِ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ " فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ " .
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la informed us; he said: Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated to us; he said: Shu‘bah narrated to us; he said: Sulayman al-A‘mash informed me; he said: I heard Mundhir, from Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, from ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: I was too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about madhy because of Fatimah, so I instructed al-Miqdad to ask him. He said: “Wudu’ is required for it.”
Translation notes
Madhy refers to pre-seminal fluid. The Arabic gives no further explanation of the phrase “because of Fatimah,” so none is added.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى،
The English witness omits the transmitters.
Confirm the full chain against the Arabic source.