Sunan Abi Dawud

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The Sexually Impure Person Reciting The Qur'an

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

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الحديث: 229 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 59

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Al-Albani source references (2)
  • صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 229 · Volume 1 · Page 2

    Da‘if

    ضعيف //، المشكاة (٤٦٠) ، ضعيف سنن ابن ماجة (١٢٩ / ٥٩٤) ، الإرواء (٤٨٥) ، ضعيف سنن الترمذي (٢٢ / ١٤٦) نحوه، ضعيف سنن النسائي (٩ / ٢٦٥) //

  • ضعيف أبي داود - الأم (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 31 · Volume 1 · Page 80

    Da‘if chain

    (قلت: إسناده ضعيف، وقد ضعفه الحفاظ المحققون، كما قال النووي. وممن ضعفه: الإمام أحمد والبخاري والشافعي، وقال: " أهل الحديث لا يثبتونه "، قال البيهقي: " وإنما توقف الشافعي في ثبوته؛ لأن مداره على عبد الله بن سلِمة الكوفي، وكان قد كبِر وأنكِر من حديثه وعقله بعضُ النكْرة؛ وإنما روى هذا الحديث بعد ما كبر، قاله شعبة ")

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229. 'Abdullāh bin Salamah said: "I visited 'Alī with two other people, one of them was from our (tribe), and the other, I believe, was from (the tribe) of Banū Asad. 'Ali sent both of them in some direction (for an errand), and said: 'You two are strong people, so use your strength (for the good) of your religion.' He then stood up and went to relieve himself. When he returned, he called for some water, took a handful, and washed himself with it.[1] He then started reciting the Qur'an, but they (meaning, the people around him) disliked it. He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would exit from the area in which he relieved himself, and he would recite the Qur'an to us, and eat meat with us. And there was nothing that would prevent him, or come between him and the Qur'an, except (the state of) sexual impurity.'" (Hasan)

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229 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ، رَجُلٌ مِنَّا وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ أَحْسَبُ، فَبَعَثَهُمَا عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَجْهًا، وَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا عِلْجَانِ، فَعَالِجَا عَنْ دِينِكُمَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَدَخَلَ الْمَخْرَجَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ حَفْنَةً فَتَمَسَّحَ بِهَا، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، كَانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الخَلَاءِ فَيُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْجُبُهُ - أَوْ قَالَ: يَحْجِزُهُ - عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ لَيْسَ الْجَنَابَةَ "

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    [1] It appears again under no. 4152 and similar after that.

Commentary

Based upon other similar narrations, we learn that it is disliked for a person in a state of major impurity to recite the Qur'an.