Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 444
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ - قَالَ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَلَمْ أُتْقِنْهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ بُسْرَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ مَسَّ فَرْجَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ " .
Qutaybah informed us, from Sufyan, from ‘Abdullah—meaning Ibn Abi Bakr. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman said after this: “I did not retain it precisely: from ‘Urwah, from Busrah.” Busrah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever touches his private part, let him perform wudu’.”
Translation notes
The Arabic includes an editorial qualification that the attribution through ‘Urwah was not precisely retained; it is kept distinct from the hadith wording.
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،
The English witness omits the chain and the transmitter’s qualification about not retaining it precisely.
Confirm the chain and the scope of Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman’s uncertainty.