بيان خطإ أبي إسحاق السبيعي في حديث الجنب ينام ولا يمسّ ماءً دراسة حديثية نقدية

"A Critical Study of the Error of Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i in the Hadith 'The Junub Sleeps Without Touching Water': A Hadith Critique"

Abstract

This study examines the question of whether Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would perform ablution (wudu) before sleeping after engaging in marital relations or if he would sleep without performing ablution. This topic is based on a hadith narrated by Umm al-Mu'minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and reported by Imam Aswad bin Yazid. Imam Aswad bin Yazid's three students - his son Abdul Rahman, his nephew Ibrahim bin Yazid al-Nakha'i, and Imam Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i - narrated this hadith. According to Imam Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, the Prophet ﷺ would sleep without touching water (i.e., without performing ablution). In contrast, both Abdul Rahman bin Aswad and Ibrahim al-Nakha'i narrated that the Prophet ﷺ would perform ablution before sleeping after marital relations. This study investigates which of these narrations is correct and which is incorrect, considering various evidences and other narrations.