Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 19
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ مُرْنَ أَزْوَاجَكُنَّ أَنْ يَسْتَطِيبُوا، بِالْمَاءِ فَإِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيِّ وَأَنَسٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَعَلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَخْتَارُونَ الاِسْتِنْجَاءَ بِالْمَاءِ وَإِنْ كَانَ الاِسْتِنْجَاءُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ يُجْزِئُ عِنْدَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الاِسْتِنْجَاءَ بِالْمَاءِ وَرَأَوْهُ أَفْضَلَ . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ .
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Qutaybah and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib al-Basri said: Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Mu'adhah, from 'A'ishah, who said: "Tell your husbands to cleanse themselves with water, for I feel shy before them, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do so." There are also reports on this subject from Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali, Anas, and Abu Hurairah. Abu 'Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Scholars act according to it and prefer cleansing with water. Although cleansing with stones suffices in their view, they recommend water and consider it better. This is the position of Sufyan al-Thawri, Ibn al-Mubarak, al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq.
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بِالْمَاءِ فَإِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ " .
The pronoun in 'I feel shy of them' may refer to the husbands; the report's phrasing is preserved without further inference.
Confirm the referent and whether an idiomatic English rendering should make it explicit.