CHAPTER: BATHING IS OBLIGATORY FOR A WOMAN AFTER EXPERIENCING ORGASM IN DREAM
No. 607
Anas b. Malik reported: Umm Sulaim who was the grandmother of Ishaq came to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in the presence of 'A'isha and said to him: Messenger of Allaah, in case or woman sees what a man sees in dream and she experiences in dream what a man experiences (i. e. experiences orgasm)? Upon this 'A'isha remarked: O Umm Sulaim, you brought humiliation to women;may your right hand be covered with dust. He (the Prophet) said to 'A'isha: Let your hand be covered with dust, and (addressing Umm Sulaim) said: Well, O Umm Sulaim, she should take a bath if she sees that (i. e. she experiences orgasm in dream).
Anas b. Malik reported that Umm Sulaim narrated it that she asked the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about a woman who sees in a dream what a man sees (sexual dream). The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: In case a woman sees that, she must take a bath. Umm Sulaim said: I was bashful on account of that and said: Does it happen? Upon this the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Yes (it does happen), otherwise how can (a child) resemble her? Man's discharge (i. e. sperm) is thick and white and the discharge of woman is thin and yellow; so the resemblance comes from the one whose genes prevail or dominate.
Anas b. Malik reported: A woman asked the Messenger of Allaah (way sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about a woman who sees in her dream what a man sees in his dream (sexual dream). He (the Prophet) said: If she experiences what a man experiences, she should take a bath.
Umm Salama reported: Umm Sulaim went to the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said: Prophet of Allaah, Allaah is not ashamed of the truth. Is bathing necessary for a woman when she has a sexual dream? Upon this the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Yes, when she sees the liquid (vaginal secretion). Umm Salama said: Messenger of Allaah, does a woman have sexual dream? He (the Prophet) said: Let your hand be covered with dust, in what way does her child resemble her?
This hadith with the same sense (as narrated above) bus been transmitted from Hisham b. 'Urwa with the same chain of narrators but with this addition that she (Umm Salama) said:" You humiliated the women.
'A'isha the wife of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) narrated: Umm Sulaim, the mother of Bani Abu Talha, came to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), and a hadith (like that) narrated by Hisham was narrated but for these words. A'isha said: I expressed disapproval to her, saying: Does a woman see a sexual dream?
It is reported on the authority of 'A'isha that a woman came to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and inquired: Should a woman wash herself when she sees a sexual dream and sees (the marks) of liquid? He (the Prophet) said: Yes. 'A'isha said to her: May your hand be covered with dust and injured. She narrated: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Leave her alone. In what way does the child resemble her but for the fact that when the genes contributed by woman prevail upon those of man, the child resembles the maternal family, and when the genes of man prevail upon those of woman the child resembles the paternal family.