Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

the martyrs, and the righteous. There are three ways of establishing its purity:

  1. The basic principle concerning things is that they are pure. Whoever claims that something is impure must provide evidence.

  2. Aisha would scrape off the dried semen of the Prophet ﷺ (1), and wash what was still moist (2). Had it been impure, scraping it off would not have sufficed. The Prophet ﷺ said regarding menstrual blood that gets on a garment: “Scratch it off, then rub it with water, then sprinkle water over it, and then pray in it” (3). Thus, it must be washed after being scraped off. If semen were impure, it would likewise have to be washed, and merely scraping off what had dried would not suffice, just as with menstrual blood.

  3. This fluid is the origin of Allah’s sincere servants: the Prophets, the utterly truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. Allah’s wisdom precludes the origin of these righteous people from being impure.

A man once passed by two scholars engaged in a debate and asked, “What is the matter between you two?” One replied, “I am trying to establish that his origin is pure, while he is trying to establish that his origin is impure”—for one of them held semen to be pure, while the other held it to be impure.

Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, devoted a discussion in his book Bada'i al-Fawa'id (4)

(1) Narrated by Muslim, Kitab al-Taharah (The Book of Purification), chapter: “The ruling on semen,” no. 288. (2) Narrated by al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Wudu (The Book of Ablution), chapter: “Washing and rubbing semen, and washing what is affected by it from a woman,” nos. 229-230; and chapter: “If one washes janabah (major ritual impurity) or something else but its trace does not disappear,” nos. 231-232. Also narrated by Muslim, Kitab al-Taharah (The Book of Purification), chapter: “The ruling on semen,” no. 289. (3) Its source reference has preceded on p. 29. (4) See Badai al-Fawaid, 3:119-126.
والشُّهداء، والصَّالحون، ولنا في تقرير طهارته ثلاث طُرُق: ١ - أنَّ الأصل في الأشياء الطَّهارة، فَمَن ادَّعى نجاسة شيء فَعَلَيْه الدَّليل. ٢ - أن عائشة ﵂ كانت تَفرُك اليابس من مَنِيِّ النبيِّ ﷺ (١)، وتَغْسِل الرَّطب منه (٢)، ولو كان نَجِساً ما اكتفت فيه بالفَرْكِ، فقد قال النبيُّ ﷺ في دَمِ الحيض يُصيب الثَّوب، قال: «تَحُتُّه، ثمَّ تَقْرُصُه بالماء، ثمَّ تَنْضِحُه، ثمَّ تصلِّي فيه» (٣). فلا بُدَّ من الغَسْل بعد الحتِّ، ولو كان المنيُّ نجساً كان لا بُدَّ من غَسْله، ولم يُجْزِئ فَرْكُ يابِسِه كدَمِ الحيض. ٣ - أن هذا الماء أصل عِبَاد الله المخلصين من النَّبيين، والصِّدِّيقين، والشُّهداء، والصَّالحين، وتأبى حكمة الله تعالى، أن يكون أصل هؤلاء البَررة نَجِساً. ومرَّ رجل بعالمين يتناظران، فقال: ما شأنكما؟ قال: أحاول أن أجعل أَصْلَه طاهراً، وهو يحاول أن يجعل أصْلَه نجِساً؛ لأن أحدهما يرى طهارة المنيِّ، والآخر يرى نجاسته. وقد عَقَد ابنُ القيم ﵀ في كتابه «بَدائعُ الفَوائدِ» (٤)
(١) رواه مسلم، كتاب الطهارة: باب حكم المني، رقم (٢٨٨). (٢) رواه البخاري، كتاب الوضوء: باب غسل المني وفركه وغسل ما يصيب من المرأة، رقم (٢٢٩، ٢٣٠). وباب إذا غسل الجنابة أو غيرها فلم يذهب أثره، رقم (٢٣١، ٢٣٢)، ومسلم، كتاب الطهارة: باب حكم المني، رقم (٢٨٩). (٣) تقدّم تخريجه ص (٢٩). (٤) انظر: «بدائع الفوائد» (٣/ ١١٩ ـ ١٢٦).

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