Abu Bakr (RA) (he is Abu Bakr (RA) bin Abdul Rahman bin Harith) reported: I heard Abu Hurairah (RA) narrating that he who is overtaken by dawn in a state of seminal emission should not observe fast. I made a mention of it to 'Abdul Rahman bin Harith (i. e. to his father) but he denied it. 'Abdul Rahman went and I also went along with him till we came to'A'isha and Umm Salamah (Allah be pleased with both of them) and Abdul Rahman asked them about it. Both of them said: (At times it so happened) that the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) woke up in the morning in a state of junub (but without seminal emission in a dream) and observed fast. He (the narrator) said: We then proceeded till we went to Marwan and Abdul Rahman made a mention of it to him. Upon this Marwan said: I stress upon you (with an oath) that you better go to Abu Hurairah (RA) and refer to him what is said about it. So we came to Abu Hurairah (RA) and Abu Bakr (RA) had been with us throughout and 'Abdul Rahman made a mention of it to him, whereupon Abu Hurairah (RA) said: Did they (the two wives of the Holy Prophet) tell you this? He replied: Yes. Upon this (Abu Hurairah (RA)) said: They have better knowledge. Abu Hurairah (RA) then attributed that what was said about it to Fadl bin 'Abbas and said: I heard it from Fadl and not from the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . Abu Hurairah (RA) then retracted from what he used to say about it. Ibn Juraij (one of the narrators) reported: I asked 'Abdul Malik, if they (the two wives) said (made the statement) in regard to Ramadan, whereupon he said: It was so, and he (the Holy Prophet) (woke up in the) morning in a state of junub which was not due to the wet dream and then observed fast.