Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 320

Report an issue

Sunan Abi Dawud · Hadith 320

This message and the hadith reference are sent privately to the administrator. Your saved commentary is not included. Please avoid personal or sensitive information. Report terms.

The Tayammum

English source

Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

Arabic source
Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 320 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 86

DarussalamNot foundAl-AlbaniSahihAl-AlbaniSahih chain
Al-Albani source references (2)
View bookmarks

Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.

Text and translation

English translation

320. Ibn ‘Abbās narrated from ‘Ammār bin Yāsir that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ spent the night at (a place called) Uwlāt Al-Jaish, and ‘Aishah was with him. An onyx necklace of hers from (the city) of Zifār broke (and was lost), so the people were held back searching for that necklace of hers. (The time for) Fajr came upon the people, and they did not had any water with them. At this, Abū Bakr, may Allāh be pleased with him, became angry at her, and said: "You have held the people back, and they do not have any water!" So Allāh, the Most High in His remembrance, revealed to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ the concession of purifying themselves with pure earth. The Muslims stood up with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and struck the ground with their hands. They then lifted up their hands without taking any sand in it, and wiped their faces and hands until their shoulders, and (wiped) with the inside of their hands until the armpits. In his narration, Ibn Yaḥyā (one of the narrators) said: "In his narration, Ibn Shihāb said: 'People do not take this (Hadīth).'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: Similar was reported from Ibn Iṣḥāq, he said in it: "From Ibn 'Abbās." And he mentioned (striking the ground) two times just as was mentioned by Yūnus. Ma'mar reported it from Az-Zuhrī: "Two times." And Mālik said: "From Az-Zuhrī, from 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Abdullāh, from his father, from 'Ammār." And Abū Uwais said similarly: "From 'Ubaidullāh, from his father, or, from 'Ubaidullāh, from Ibn 'Abbās" — one time he said: "From his father" and one time he said: "From Ibn 'Abbās." Ibn 'Uyaynah's narrations of it contain Idṭirāb as well as his hearing it from Az-Zuhrī.[1] And no one among them mentioned "two times" in this Hadīth except for those whom I have named.

Arabic text

320 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ، " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَرَّسَ بِأَوَّلَاتِ الْجَيْشِ وَمَعَهُ عَائِشَةُ فَانْقَطَعَ عِقْدٌ لَهَا مِنْ جَزْعِ ظَفَارِ، فَحُبِسَ النَّاسُ ابْتِغَاءَ عِقْدِهَا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَضَاءَ الْفَجْرُ، وَلَيْسَ مَعَ النَّاسِ مَاءٌ فَتَغَيَّظَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَقَالَ: حَبَسْتِ النَّاسَ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ مَاءٌ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رُخْصَةَ التَّطَهُّرِ بِالصَّعِيدِ الطَّيِّبِ، فَقَامَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَضَرَبُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَقْبِضُوا مِنَ التُّرَابِ شَيْئًا، فَمَسَحُوا بِهَا وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى الْمَنَاكِبِ، وَمِنْ بِطُونِ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِلَى الْآبَاطِ " زَادَ ابْنُ يَحْيَى فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: «وَلَا يَعْتَبِرُ بِهَذَا النَّاسُ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ فِيهِ: عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ «وَذَكَرَ ضَرْبَتَيْنِ». كَمَا ذَكَرَ يُونُسُ، وَرَوَاهُ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ «ضَرْبَتَيْنِ»، وَقَالَ مَالِكٌ: عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمَّارٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ: عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَشَكَّ فِيهِ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ: مَرَّةً عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَوْ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَمَرَّةً قَالَ: عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَمَرّةً قَالَ: عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ اضْطَرَبَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَة فِيهِ، وَفِي سَمَاعِهِ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ «الضَّرْبَتَيْنِ» إِلَّا مَنْ سَمَّيْتُ

My commentary

Personal notes

Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.

Commentary

1. This is among the proofs that demonstrate that there may be cases where a Muslim has to exercise his or her own judgment until verifying what is appropriate. 2. Based upon what is authentic of the narrations regarding Tayammum, one pats the two hands on clean earth, and rubs the dust on their face and hands. Tayammum suffices whenever one cannot find water for major and minor purification.