It is narrated from Sayyidah Busrah bint Safwan (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever touches his private part, let him not pray until he performs ablution." The narrator (Urwah) says: Then I went to Busrah, and she narrated to me the same as what Marwan had told me from her, that she heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying this.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father (Urwah), and he through Marwan bin al-Hakam, from Busrah bint Safwan (may Allah be pleased with her) (a female Companion), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you touches his private part, let him not pray until he performs ablution." Urwah at first rejected it (because he did not trust Marwan), then asked Busrah himself, and she confirmed it. Imam al-Hakim says that Ali bin al-Madini said about this hadith that Yahya bin Sa'id al-Qattan preserved it accurately from Hisham bin Urwah, in a way that establishes Urwah's direct hearing from Busrah. Busrah bint Safwan is one of the noble women of Quraysh.

Imam Malik bin Anas (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "Do you know who Busrah bint Safwan is? She is the maternal grandmother (her mother's mother) of (the Caliph) Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, so recognise her (i.e. she is a reliable female Companion)."

Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri says that Busrah bint Safwan is among the women who gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); Waraqah bin Nawfal was her paternal uncle, and she was the wife of Mu'awiyah bin al-Mughirah bin Abi al-As. Imam al-Hakim says that this hadith was narrated from Busrah by eminent figures such as Ibn Umar, Abdullah bin Amr and Sa'id bin al-Musayyab, which removes her being unknown (jahalah). Furthermore, the narration that ablution is obligatory from touching the private part is also narrated from Abu Hurayrah, Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani, Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, Jabir bin Abdullah, Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever touches his private part, let him perform ablution." This hadith is sahih (authentic), and its supporting narration (shahid) is the well-known hadith of Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id from Abu Hurayrah; and it is also authentically established from Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) that if a woman touches her private part, she should perform ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "When a woman touches her private part with her hand, ablution is obligatory upon her."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that if a woman touches her private part, she should perform ablution. In this chapter a scholarly debate also took place between the leading hadith masters (huffaz), which is as follows.

Raja' bin Murajja says: I, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ali bin al-Madini and Yahya bin Ma'in gathered in Masjid al-Khayf, and a debate took place about touching the private part (mass al-dhakar). Yahya bin Ma'in said that it breaks ablution and cited the hadith of Busrah bint Safwan as evidence, while Ali bin al-Madini adopted the view of the Kufans and cited the hadith of Qays bin Talq from his father (in which it is called a part of the body) as evidence. Ali bin al-Madini said to Yahya: How can you rely on the chain of Busrah when Marwan only sent a message through a guard? Yahya replied that Urwah was not satisfied with that, but went himself and heard it from Busrah; then Yahya criticised Qays, the narrator of the hadith of Talq bin Ali, saying that he is not used as proof. Ahmad bin Hanbal said that both points carry weight in their place. Then Yahya presented the report of Ibn Umar performing ablution (from it), and Ali bin al-Madini presented the saying of Ibn Mas'ud: "Ablution is not performed because of it; it is only a piece of your body." Yahya asked: From whom is this? He said: From Sufyan, from Abu Qays, from Huzayl, from Abdullah; and he said that when Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn Umar differ, following Ibn Mas'ud is more appropriate. Ahmad bin Hanbal said: Yes, but Abu Qays al-Awdi, who is in this chain, is not used as proof. Then Ali said: Abu Nu'aym narrated to me, from Mis'ar, from Umayr bin Sa'id, from Ammar, who said: "I do not mind whether I touch it or my nose." Yahya said: Between Umayr bin Sa'id and Ammar bin Yasir there is a desert (i.e. the chain is broken).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that we used to pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and would not perform ablution on account of walking along the way (our feet stepping on something).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) with the same text (about not performing ablution on account of the dust of the road and the like), through the route of Abu Mu'awiyah.