Abdullah bin Abi Qays narrates: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): What did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do when in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity)? Did he (peace and blessings be upon him) perform the ritual bath (ghusl) before sleeping, or would he sleep before performing the ritual bath? She said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do both: sometimes he would perform the ritual bath and then sleep, and sometimes he would perform ablution and then sleep." I said: "All praise is for Allah, who has made room for ease in this matter." Imam Muslim recorded it in his Sahih from Qutaybah, but did not mention all of its supporting narrations and their wordings.

Ghudayf bin al-Harith narrates: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about the ritual bath (ghusl) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for janabah (major ritual impurity). She said: "Sometimes he (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the ritual bath before sleeping, and sometimes he would sleep before performing the ritual bath."

Ghudayf bin al-Harith narrates: I said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity), would he perform the ritual bath (ghusl) at the beginning (of the night) or at the end?" She said: "Sometimes he would perform the ritual bath at the beginning, and sometimes he would perform it at the end." I said (joyfully): "Allahu Akbar! All praise is for Allah, who has made room for ease in this matter."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr (before the prayer), and I did not see him (peace and blessings be upon him) perform ablution again after the ritual bath (ghusl). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not perform ablution after the ritual bath (ghusl).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about performing ablution after the ritual bath (ghusl), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What ablution could be better than the ritual bath?" Imam al-Hakim says: Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Bazi' is trustworthy (thiqah), while other narrators have reported it as mawquf (as the saying of the Companion).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to warm himself with her after the ritual bath (ghusl). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a cloth with which he (peace and blessings be upon him) would dry (his limbs) after ablution. Imam al-Hakim says: Abu Mu'adh (Fudayl bin Maysarah) is from Basrah; Yahya bin Sa'id narrated from him and praised him. This hadith has also been narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik and others, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Marwan al-Asfar narrates: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) make his riding camel kneel facing the qiblah, then he sat down behind its cover and began to urinate. I said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Has this not been forbidden?" He said: "It has only been forbidden in open ground; but when there is something between you and the qiblah that screens you, then there is no harm in it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, because he used al-Hasan bin Dhakwan as evidence, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had forbidden us to turn our backs or our faces towards the qiblah when relieving ourselves. Then we saw him (peace and blessings be upon him), (some time) before his death, urinating while facing the qiblah. This chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim.