From Sunan Abi Dawud, narrated by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyAllaahu’anhumaa):
قَالَ أَصَابَ رَجُلاً جُرْحٌ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَأُمِرَ بِالاِغْتِسَالِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ “ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالَ ”
During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), a man was injured and then later he had a wet dream. He was (incorrectly) advised to perform ghusl (bathe) so he did so and as a result he died.
When this reached the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he said: “They killed him; may Allah kill them! Isn’t the cure for ignorance to ask?”
[Abu Dawud 337, graded ‘good’ by Sh al-Albaani]
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And in another variant narration from Sunan Abi Dawud, narrated by Jaabir (radiyAllaahu’anhu):
We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. He then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum? They said: We do not find any concession for you while you can use water. He took a bath and died. When we came to the Prophet (ﷺ), the incident was reported to him. He said: “They killed him, may Allah kill them! Could they not ask when they did not know? The cure for ignorance is to ask (the appropriate people). It was enough for him to perform tayammum and to pour some drops of water or bind a bandage over the wound (the narrator Musa was doubtful); then he should have wiped over it and washed the rest of his body.”
[Abu Dawud 336, graded ‘good’ by Sh al-Albaani except for the portion in italics ‘it was enough for him…’]
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