A Man Who Is Greeted While He Is Urinating
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 350 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 126
Source no. 350 · Volume 1 · Page 422
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صحيح، الصحيحة (٨٣٤) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٣)
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350. It was narrated that Muhājir bin Qunfudh bin ('Umair) bin Judh'an said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was performing ablution and greeted him with the Salām, but he did not return (the greeting). When he had finished his ablution he said: 'Nothing prevented me from returning your greeting but the fact that I did not have ablution.'" (Da'if) Another chain with similar wording.
350 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّلْحِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ حُضَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ أَبِي سَاسَانَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ، عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ بْنِ قُنْفُذِ بْنِ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ، قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي مِنْ أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ» . قَالَ: أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
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Greeting someone with Salām or returning it is an act of remembering Allāh. And although the remembrance of Allāh is permitted even when one is not in a state of ablution, it is better to be in the state of ablution. The Prophet ﷺ delayed the returning of the greeting for adopting the better course.