Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26272

Muhammad ibn Amr al-Sawaq al-Balkhi narrated to us, Hushaym narrated to us, on the authority of Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, he said, Mahmoud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, he narrated to us Hussein Al-Jafi, on the authority of Zaida, on the authority of Yazid bin Abi Ziyad, on the authority of Abdul Rahman bin Abi Laila, on the authority of Ali, he said, I asked the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, May God bless him and grant him peace, on the authority of pre-emission, and he said: “Part of pre-emission is ablution and part of pre-emission is washing.” He said, and on the authority of Al-Miqdad ibn Al-Aswad and Ubayy. Ibn Ka'b. Abu Issa said: This is a hasan and authentic hadith. It was narrated on the authority of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in more than one way. “From pre-ejaculation is ablution and from pre-ejaculation is washing.” This is the opinion of most people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, his followers, and those who After them, Sufyan, Al-Shafi’i, Ahmad, and Ishaq say this.