We have been narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, who said: Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us. And by Abu Kurayb, who said: Ibn Abi Za'idah informed us. And by 'Amr al-Naqid and Ibn Numayr, who both said: Marwan ibn Mu'awiyah al-Fazari narrated to us. All of them narrated from 'Asim, from Abu al-Mutawakkil, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When one of you comes to his wife, then wishes to return, let him perform ablution." Abu Bakr added in his narration: "between the two acts, an ablution," and he said: "then wishes to repeat."