Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 231

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The Sexually Impure Person Shaking Hands

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

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الحديث: 231 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 59

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231. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ once met me in one of the streets of Al-Madinah while I was in a state of sexual impurity, so I hid myself, then went and performed Ghusl. Then I came (to him). He said: 'Where were you, O Abū Hurairah?' I replied: 'I was in a state of sexual impurity, so I disliked that I sit with you in an impure state.' He replied: 'Subhān Allāh! The Muslim does not become impure.'" (Sahih)

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231 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، وَبِشْرٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي طَرِيقٍ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ، فَاخْتَنَسْتُ فَذَهَبْتُ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُجَالِسَكَ عَلَى غَيْرِ طَهَارَةٍ. فَقَالَ: «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يَنْجُسُ» وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، حَدَّثَنِي بَكْرٌ

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1. There is no harm in shaking the hand of a person in a state of major impurity. 2. The sweat and saliva of a person in a state of major impurity are not impure.