Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26223

Qutaibah narrated to us, Abu Al-Ahwas narrated to us, on the authority of Samak ibn Harb, on the authority of Ikrimah, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said, “Some of the wives of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, took a bath.” And he greeted him in a junub, so the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, wanted to perform ablution with it. She said, “O Messenger of God, I was junub.” He said, “Indeed “Water does not cause suffocation.” Abu Issa said: This is a hasan and authentic hadith. It is the saying of Sufyan al-Thawri, Malik, and al-Shafi’i.