Janabah at Dawn: Comparing the Reports about Fasting
Sahih Bukhari. Volume 3, Book 31, Number 153:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin 'Abdur-Rahman: My father and I went to A'isha and she said, "I testify that Allah's Apostle at times used to get up in the morning in a state of Janaba from sexual intercourse, not from a wet dream and then he would fast that day." Then he went to Umma Salama and she also narrated a similar thing.
Sahih Bukhari. Volume 3, Book 31, Number 148:
Narrated A'isha and Umma Salama: At times Allah's Apostle used to get up in the morning in the state of Janaba after having sexual relations with his wives. He would then take a bath and fast.
Narrated A'isha and Umma Salama: At times Allah's Apostle used to get up in the morning in the state of Janaba after having sexual relations with his wives. He would then take a bath and fast.
These reports concern the timing of ghusl, the full ritual bath, after marital relations. They describe dawn arriving while the Prophet (saw) was in a state of janabah; they do not describe intercourse during fasting hours.
Defence One
[ 12840 ] 5 ـ وبإسناده عن سعد ، عن محمد بن الحسين ومحمد بن علي ، عن محمد بن عيسى ، عن احمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر ، عن حماد بن عثمان ، عن حبيب الخثعمي ، عن أبي عبدالله ( عليه السلام ) قال : كان رسول الله ( صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ) يصلي صلاة الليل في شهر رمضان ثم يجنب ثم يؤخر الغسل متعمدا حتى يطلع الفجر .
وبإسناده عن محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى ، عن محمد بن عيسى مثله .
5 – And by his isnad from Sa`d from Muhammad b. al-Husayn and Muhammad b. `Ali from Muhammad b. `Isa from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr from Hammad b. `Uthman from Habib al-Khath`ami from Abu `Abdillah (a.s). He said: "The Messenger of Allah (saw) would pray the night prayer during the month of Ramadhan, then become junub, then delay the ghusl on purpose until the fajr would rise."
Reply One
The Arabic wording of the Bukhari report refers to fajr, meaning dawn, rather than sunrise. It does not say that the Prophet (saw) slept all night, omitted the night prayer, or missed the morning prayer. The other report quoted above explicitly mentions night prayer before janabah. These accounts therefore cannot be treated as contradictory merely because both mention janabah at dawn. The narrator Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman is not A'isha's brother.
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Being in a state of janabah at dawn and having intercourse after dawn are different matters. The quoted reports address the former.
The reports do not permit delaying prayer at will or having intercourse while fasting. Qur'an 2:187 distinguishes the night, when marital relations are permitted, from the daytime fast. Any comparison of legal rulings should identify each school's position and the precise sources supporting it.
or
Being in a state of janabah at dawn and having intercourse after dawn are different matters. The quoted reports address the former.
The reports do not permit delaying prayer at will or having intercourse while fasting. Qur'an 2:187 distinguishes the night, when marital relations are permitted, from the daytime fast. Any comparison of legal rulings should identify each school's position and the precise sources supporting it.
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