Amr said, "I had a wet dream on a cold night during the expedition of Dhat al-Salasil. I feared that if I bathed I would perish, so I performed tayammum and then led my companions in the dawn prayer. They mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ, who said, 'Amr, did you lead your companions in prayer while in a state of major impurity?'I told him what had prevented me from bathing and said, 'I heard Allah say, "And do not kill yourselves. Indeed, Allah is ever Merciful to you" [Nisa 4:29].'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed and said nothing."
احتلمت في ليلة باردة في غزوة ذات السلاسل. فأشفقت إن اغتسلت أن أهلك فتيممت، ثم صليت بأصحابي الصبح، فذكروا ذلك للنبي ﷺ فقال: يا عمرو، صليت بأصحابك وأنت جنب؟ فأخبرته بالذي منعني من الاغتسال، وقلت: إني سمعت الله يقول: {ولا تقتلوا أنفسكم إن الله كان بكم رحيما} [النساء: ٢٩] فضحك رسول الله ﷺ ولم يقل شيئا.
Abu Dawud (334), Ahmad (17812), and Hakim (1/77–78) all narrated it from the hadith of Yazid bin Abu Habib, from Imran bin Abu Anas, from Abdul-Rahman bin Jubayr, from Amr bin As, who mentioned it. Its chain is sahih, and Abdul-Rahman bin Jubayr is the Egyptian muezzin. Some narrators added "Abu Qays, the freed slave of Amr bin As" between Abdul-Rahman bin Jubayr and Amr bin As, but Hakim said, "This does not affect its soundness, for the people of Egypt know their own hadith better than the people of Basra."