Furwah bin Abi Al-Mughra reported, I heard Shareek say, a man asked him: If a woman's blood stops, can her husband have intercourse with her before she performs ghusl (ritual bath)? Furwah gave the answer from Abdul Malik on the authority of Ata’ (may Allah have mercy on him) that he permitted intercourse before ghusl in the case of intense desire. Abu Muhammad Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I fear that he made a mistake, and that this is narrated from Layth bin Abi Sulaim instead of Ata’ (may Allah have mercy on him), because I do not know of any such statement from Abdul Malik. Abu Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: «الشبق» refers to the man who has intense desire.