Narrated Amr ibn al-As: I had a sexual dream on a cold night in the battle of Dhat as-Salasil. I was afraid, if I washed I would die. I, therefore, performed tayammum and led my companions in the dawn prayer. They mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Amr, you led your companions is prayer while you were sexually defiled? I informed him of the cause which impeded me from washing. And I said: I heard Allah say: "Do not kill yourself, verily Allah is merciful to you. " The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed and did not say anything. Abu Dawud said: Abdur-Rahman bin Jubair is an Egyptian and a freed slave of Kharijah bin Hudhafah. He is not Jubair bin Nufair

Abu Qais, the freed slave of Amr bin al-As, said Amr bin al-As was in a battle. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. He then said: He washed his armpits and other joints where dirt was found, and he performed ablution like that for prayer. Then he led them in prayer. He then narrated the tradition in a similar way but did not mention of tayammum. Abu Dawud said: This incident has also been narrated by al-'Awzai on the authority of Hassan bin Atiyyah. This version has the words: Then he performed tayammum.