164 - Chapter: The person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) limiting himself to washing his hands when he wants to eat

256 - Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd ibn Muhammad informed us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salama, from 'A'ishah, that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wanted to sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity, he would perform ablution (wudu'), and when he wanted to eat, he would wash his hands.(1)

165 - Chapter: The person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) limiting himself to washing his hands when he wants to eat or drink (2)

257 - Suwayd ibn Nasr informed us, 'Abdullah informed us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salama, that 'A'ishah said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wanted to sleep while in a state of major ritual impurity, he would perform ablution, and when he wanted to eat or drink—she said: he would wash his hands, then eat or (3) drink.(4)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. 'Abdullah is Ibn al-Mubarak, Yunus is Ibn Yazid al-Ayli, al-Zuhri is Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihab, and Abu Salama is Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" as number (250).
Ahmad (24872), Abu Dawud (223), Ibn Majah (593), and Ibn Hibban (1218) also narrated it via multiple paths, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, with this chain. In Ahmad's version: "that he eats and drinks," which will come in the following narration, and Ibn Majah limited it to mentioning the washing of the hands when eating.
Abu Dawud said: Ibn Wahb narrated it from Yunus, and made the story of eating a statement of 'A'ishah alone. Ibn Rajab said in "al-Fath" 1/352: Abu Dawud declared it defective on that basis.
There is disagreement regarding it from Yunus, and this disagreement is discussed in the commentary on the hadith of "al-Musnad" (24872).
Ahmad (24083), Abu Dawud (222), and the author in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" (8994) also narrated it via Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, and Ahmad also (25646) via Ibn Jurayj, and the author as will come at number (258) via al-Layth—all three from al-Zuhri, with it, mentioning the ablution when sleeping while in a state of major ritual impurity. See what follows.
(2) In (Q), (K), (YH), and the margin of (H): when he wants to drink.
(3) In (K) and the margin of (YH), and above it in (M): and.
(4) Its chain of transmission is authentic, and it is a repetition of the previous one with the addition: "or drink." It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" as numbers (251) and (8996).