2063 — “Whenever the two circumcised parts met, he would perform ghusl.”

Ahmad (6/123 and 227) and al-Tahawi, in Sharh al-Maʻani (1/33), narrated it through Hammad ibn Salamah, who said: Thabit al-Bunani narrated to us from ‘Abd Allah ibn Rabah, from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn al-Nu‘man, from ‘A’ishah, who said: She then cited it as a hadith attributed to the Prophet. I say: The narrators in this chain are trustworthy and are narrators used by Muslim, apart from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn al-Nu‘man, whom no one besides Ibn Hibban declared reliable.

Hammad ibn Salamah has another chain, which he narrated from ‘Ali ibn Zayd, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib, from her, with the same wording. Al-Tahawi also narrated it. ‘Ali ibn Zayd—namely, Ibn Jud‘an—is weak.

However, it has another route: Bishr ibn Bakr narrated to us; al-Awza‘i said: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim narrated to me from his father, from ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that she was asked about a man who has intercourse but does not ejaculate. She replied: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and I did that, and we both performed ghusl because of it.” Al-Tahawi narrated it. I say: Its chain is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Muslim (1/187) also narrated something similar from her through another route, but it contains an objectionable clause, on account of which I included it in al-Da‘ifah. In sum, the hadith through this route is unquestionably authentic. It constitutes his practical application, peace and blessings be upon him, of his well-known statement, likewise narrated by her: “When he sits between her four limbs and the two circumcised parts touch, ghusl becomes obligatory.” Muslim and others narrated it, and it has been referenced in al-Irwa’ (79 and 127).