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The Tayammum

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

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الحديث: 321 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 87

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321. Shaqīq narrated: "I was sitting with 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) and Abū Mūsā (Al-Ash'arī). Abū Mūsā said: 'O Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān! Tell me, if a person became sexually impure, and did not find water for an (entire) month, would he not perform the Tayammum?' He said: 'No, even if he did not find any water for an (entire) month!' Abū Mūsā said: 'Then what will you do with this Verse in Sūrat Al-Mā'idah: Then if you do not find water, perform Tayammum with pure earth?'[2] 'Abdullāh replied: 'If this concession were to be given to them, it is possible that if the water became cold, they would perform Tayammum with sand!' So Abū Mūsā said to him: 'And you have disliked this (meaning, Tayammum) only due to that (meaning, that people might abuse it)?' He said: 'Yes.' So Abū Mūsā said to him: 'Did you not hear what 'Ammār said to 'Umar: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent me for some errand, and I became sexually impure. I did not find any water, so I rolled over in the earth just like an animal rolls over. I then returned to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and mentioned this to him. He said: 'It was sufficient for you to do like this,' then he hit his hand on the earth, wiped it, then wiped his left hand over his right hand, and his right hand over his left hand, with the palms, and then wiped his face.' So 'Abdullāh responded (to Abū Mūsā): 'And do you not see that 'Umar was not satisfied with 'Ammār's saying?'"' (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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321 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا بَيْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَأَبِي مُوسَى، فقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَجْنَبَ فَلَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ شَهْرًا أَمَا كَانَ يَتَيَمَّمُ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ شَهْرًا. فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ الْمَائِدَةِ {فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا} [النساء: 43] فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: لَوْ رُخِّصَ لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا لَأَوْشَكُوا إِذَا بَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَاءُ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمُوا بِالصَّعِيدِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى: وَإِنَّمَا كَرِهْتُمْ هَذَا لِهَذَا. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى: أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ قَوْلَ عَمَّارٍ لِعُمَر بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَأَجْنَبْتُ، فَلَمْ أَجِدَ الْمَاءَ فَتَمَرَّغْتُ فِي الصَّعِيدِ كَمَا تَتَمَرَّغُ الدَّابَّةُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ هَكَذَا فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَنَفَضَهَا، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِشِمَالِهِ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَبِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ عَلَى الْكَفَّيْنِ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: أَفَلَمْ تَرَ عُمَرَ لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ

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  1. 1

    [1] Meaning that it was narrated differently by him on different occasions and sometimes he mentioned Az-Zuhrī in it while other times he did not, and such conflict in the narration that can not be reconciled is called Idṭirāb.

  2. 2

    [2] Al-Mā'idah 5:6.