It is narrated from Zaid bin Khalid Juhani that he asked Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): What is your opinion regarding a man who has intercourse with his wife but does not ejaculate? Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He should perform ablution for prayer and wash his private part. Then he said: I myself heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he asked Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Zubair bin Al-Awwam, Sayyiduna Talha, and Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with them) the same question, and all of them gave the same ruling.

Sayyiduna Abi (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about a man who has intercourse with his wife, but he does not ejaculate? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He should wash the part of his private area that touched the woman, perform ablution, and then offer prayer.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by an Ansari man. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a message to him. When he came out, water drops (from bathing) were dripping from his head. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Perhaps we made you hurry." He replied: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are made to hurry or there is no ejaculation, then there is no ghusl (ritual bath) required upon you. In such a case, perform wudu (ablution)."

A different hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: On a Monday, we set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) towards Quba. We passed through the locality of Banu Salim. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood at the door of Banu 'Itban and called out loudly to Ibn 'Itban, while he was with his wife. Anyway, he came out dragging his sheet. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he said: We have hurried this man. Then Sayyiduna Ibn 'Itban (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! What is your opinion about a man who has intercourse with his wife but does not ejaculate—what is obligatory upon him? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The obligation of ghusl (ritual bath) is only due to the emission of semen.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The water of ghusl is used due to the discharge of the water of semen.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people who used to give the verdict that the water of purification (ghusl) is used only after the discharge of semen, this was a concession. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had given this concession in the early days of Islam, but afterwards we were commanded to perform the full ritual bath (ghusl).

(Second chain) In this it is stated: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had given the believers concession in this matter due to the scarcity of clothes, then he, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade it. By concession, this hadith was meant: The water for ghusl is used only when semen is discharged.

Sayyiduna Rifa’ah bin Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him), who participated in the Pledge of Aqabah and the Battle of Badr, narrates: He says, I was with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when someone said to him: Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit is giving fatwa in the mosque to people based on his own opinion regarding the man who has intercourse but does not ejaculate. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Bring him to me quickly. So they brought him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O enemy of your own soul! Have you reached the point that you have started giving fatwa to people in the Prophet’s Mosque based on your own opinion? He said: I have not done any such thing, but rather my uncles have narrated to me from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Which uncles of yours? He said: Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b, Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub, and Sayyiduna Rifa’ah bin Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with them). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What does this young man say? I replied: Yes, we used to do the same in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then did you ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this? I said: We used to do the same in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and we did not perform ghusl. Then he gathered the people and asked about this matter. It happened that all the people agreed that the water of ghusl was only used when the water of semen was discharged, except for two men, Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with them). These two said: When the circumcised part touches the circumcised part, ghusl becomes obligatory. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): O Commander of the Faithful! The wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) know this matter better. So you sent a message to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) regarding this. She replied: I have no knowledge about this. Then you sent a message to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: When the circumcised part touches the circumcised part, ghusl becomes obligatory. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became angry and said: Let it not reach me that anyone has done such a thing and then not performed ghusl, otherwise I will give him the severest punishment.

Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a man sits between the four parts of his wife and joins his circumcised part with her circumcised part, then ghusl becomes obligatory.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the two circumcised parts meet and the glans becomes concealed, then ghusl becomes obligatory.