Strict Rulings Concerning Urination
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 347 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 125
Source no. 347 · Volume 1 · Page 419
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (١٧٨ و ٢٨٣) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٥)
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347. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The Messenger of Allāh passed by two new graves, and he said: 'They are being punished, but they are not being punished for anything major. One of them was heedless about preventing urine from getting on his clothes, and the other used to walk about spreading malicious gossip.'" (Sahih)
347 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَبْرَيْنِ جَدِيدَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ، وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَنْزِهُ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي بِالنَّمِيمَةِ»
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a. The Hadith again confirms the reality of torment in the grave. b. 'Preventing urine from getting on the clothes' means taking due care to prevent any drops of urine from defiling the body or the clothes, and doing proper cleaning of the concerned part after urination with soil or water. c. 'Not being punished for anything major' means that it was by no means a difficult task to guard against the drops of urine. What was needed was just a little bit of precaution in the matter. d. The Arabic word Namimah translated here as 'malicious gossip' means carrying the word spoken by one person to another with the intention of creating dissension and bad blood between them. Even if the news thus carried is true, to transmit it with an evil intention is a major sin. In case the report thus carried is false, the seriousness of the crime increases manifold.