Hadith #431

Arabic Text

English Translation

It was narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a woman asked the Prophet ﷺ whether a woman should perform ghusl when she experiences a wet dream and sees fluid. He said: "Yes." Aisha then said: "May your hands be soiled!" But the Prophet ﷺ said: "Leave her," then explained: "The resemblance of a child comes from whichever fluid predominates — when the woman's fluid prevails over the man's, the child resembles the maternal uncles, and when the man's fluid prevails over the woman's, the child resembles the paternal uncles."