Jami at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 121

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What Has Been Related About Shaking Hands With The Junub Person

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Chapters on Purification (Tahārah) From Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 163

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121. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ met him while he was Junub. He said: "[So I slipped away from him – meaning:] I withdrew – to perform Ghusl. Then I returned, so he said: 'Where have you been?' Or: 'Where did you go?' I replied: 'I was Junub.' So he said: 'Indeed the believer is not defiled.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ) He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ḥudhaifah, [and Ibn 'Abbās]. Abū 'Eisā said: [And] the Hadīth of Abū Hurairah [that he met the Prophet ﷺ while he was Junub] is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. More than one of the people of knowledge permitted shaking the hand of the Junub person, and they did not see any harm in the sweat of the Junub or menstruating women. [And the meaning of his saying "So I withdrew" is "I went away from him."]

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١٢١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ ، عَنْ ‌بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي رَافِعٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقِيَهُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ»، قَالَ: فَانْبَجَسْتُ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ أَوْ أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتَ؟ قُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يَنْجُسُ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي مُصَافَحَةِ الْجُنُبِ، وَلَمْ يَرَوْا بِعَرَقِ الْجُنُبِ وَالْحَائِضِ بَأْسًا.

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The menstruation, post natal bleeding and sexual defilement are just ritual impurity which does not make a person physically impure. Therefore, their perspiration and leftover of any person in this state is pure.