RuRubbing hands and feet
with dust (Tayammum)
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 330:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) We set out with
Allahs Apostle on one of his journeys till we reached Al-Baida' or
Dhatul-Jaish, a necklace of mine was broken (and lost). Allah's
Apostle stayed there to search for it, and so did the people along
with him. There was no water at that place, so the people went to
Abu- Bakr As-Siddiq and said, "Don't you see what 'Aisha has done?
She has made Allah's Apostle and the people stay where there is no
water and they have no water with them." Abu Bakr came while Allah's
Apostle was sleeping with his head on my thigh, He said, to me: "You
have detained Allah's Apostle and the people where there is no water
and they have no water with them.
So he admonished me and said what Allah
wished him to say and hit me on my flank with his hand. Nothing
prevented me from moving (because of pain) but the position of
Allah's Apostle on my thigh. Allah's Apostle got up when dawn broke
and there was no water. So Allah revealed the Divine Verses of
Tayammum. So they all performed Tayammum. Usaid bin Hudair said, "O
the family of Abu Bakr! This is not the first blessing of yours."
Then the camel on which I was riding was caused to move from its
place and the necklace was found beneath it.
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 331:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "I have been given five
things which were not given to any one else before me.
1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His
frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey.
2. The earth has been made for me (and for
my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum,
therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a
prayer is due.
3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful)
for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.
4. I have been given the right of
intercession (on the Day of Resurrection).
5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his
nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 332:
Narrated 'Urwa's father:
Aisha said, "I borrowed a necklace from
Asma' and it was lost. So Allah's Apostle sent a man to search for
it and he found it. Then the time of the prayer became due and there
was no water. They prayed (without ablution) and informed Allah's
Apostle about it, so the verse of Tayammum was revealed." Usaid bin
Hudair said to 'Aisha, "May Allah reward you. By Allah, whenever
anything happened which you did not like, Allah brought good for you
and for the Muslims in that."
Al-Jurf and the time for the 'Asr prayer
became due while he was at Marbad-AnNa'am (sheep-fold), so he
(performed Tayammum) and prayed there and then entered Medina when
the sun was still high but he did not repeat that prayer.
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 333:
Narrated Abu Juhaim Al-Ansari:
The Prophet came from the direction of Bir
Jamal. A man met him and greeted him. But he did not return back the
greeting till he went to a (mud) wall and smeared his hands and his
face with its dust (performed Tayammum) and then returned back the
greeting.
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 334:
Narrated 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
A man came to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab and
said, "I became Junub but no water was available." 'Ammar bin Yasir
said to 'Umar, "Do you remember that you and I (became Junub while
both of us) were together on a journey and you didn't pray but I
rolled myself on the ground and prayed? I informed the Prophet about
it and he said, 'It would have been sufficient for you to do like
this.' The Prophet then stroked lightly the earth with his hands and
then blew off the dust and passed his hands over his face and
hands."
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 335:
Narrated Said bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
(on the authority of his father who said)
'Ammar said so (the above Statement). And Shu'ba stroked lightly the
earth with his hands and brought them close to his mouth (blew off
the dust) and passed them over his face and then the backs of his
hands. 'Ammar said, "Ablution (meaning Tayammum here) is sufficient
for a Muslim if water is not available."
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 336:
Narrated 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
that while he was in the company of 'Umar,
'Ammar said to 'Umar, "We were in a detachment and became Junub and
I blew the dust off my hands (performed the rolling over the earth
and prayed.)"
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 337:
Narrated 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
'Ammar said to 'Umar "I rolled myself in
the dust and came to the Prophet who said, 'Passing dusted hands
over the face and the backs of the hands is sufficient for you.' "
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 338:
Narrated 'Ammar:
as above.
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 339:
Narrated 'Ammar:
The Prophet stroked the earth with his
hands and then passed them over his face and the backs of his hands
(while demonstrating Tayammum).
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 340:
Narrated 'Imran:
Once we were traveling with the Prophet and
we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we
(halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter
than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it was
only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to
wake up was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the
narrator 'Auf said that Abu Raja' had told him their names but he
had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would
wake up him till he himself used to get up as we did not know what
was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, 'Umar got up
and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he
said, "Allahu Akbar" and raised his voice with Takbir, and kept on
saying loudly till the Prophet got up because of it. When he got up,
the people informed him about what had happened to them. He said,
"There is no harm (or it will not be harmful). Depart!" So they
departed from that place, and after covering some distance the
Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So
he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced
and he led the people in prayer. After he finished from the prayer,
he saw a man sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He
asked, "O so and so! What has prevented you from praying with us?"
He replied, "I am Junub and there is no water. " The Prophet said,
"Perform Tayammum with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for
you."
Then the Prophet proceeded on and the
people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down and called
a person (the narrator 'Auf added that Abu Raja' had named him but
he had forgotten) and 'Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water.
So they went in search of water and met a woman who was sitting on
her camel between two bags of water. They asked, "Where can we find
water?" She replied, "I was there (at the place of water) this hour
yesterday and my people are behind me." They requested her to
accompany them. She asked, "Where?" They said, "To Allah's Apostle
." She said, "Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi, (with a
new religion)?" They replied, "Yes, the same person. So come along."
They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He
said, "Help her to dismount." The Prophet asked for a pot, then he
opened the mouths of the bags and poured some water into the pot.
Then he closed the big openings of the bags and opened the small
ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their
animals. So they all watered their animals and they (too) all
quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all
the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was Junub and
told him to pour it over his body. The woman was standing and
watching all that which they were doing with her water. By Allah,
when her water bags were returned the looked like as if they were
more full (of water) than they had been before (Miracle of Allah's
Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her;
so dates, flour and Sawiq were collected which amounted to a good
meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her
camel and that cloth full of food-stuff was also placed in front of
her and then the Prophet said to her, "We have not taken your water
but Allah has given water to us." She returned home late. Her
relatives asked her: "O so and so what has delayed you?" She said,
"A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is
called the Sabi' and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is
either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with
her index and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating
the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah's true Apostle."
Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the
pagans around her abode but never touched her village. One day she
said to her people, "I think that these people leave you purposely.
Have you got any inclination to Islam?" They obeyed her and all of
them embraced Islam.
Abu 'Abdultah said: The word Saba'a means
"The one who has deserted his old religion and embraced a new
religion." Abul 'Ailya said, "The Sabis are a sect of people of the
Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms."
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 341:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Abu Muisa said to'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, "If
one does not find water (for ablution) can he give up the prayer?"
Abdullah replied, "If you give the permission to perform Tayammum
they will perform Tayammum even if water was available if one of
them found it cold." Abu Musa said, "What about the statement of
'Ammar to 'Umar?" 'Abdullah replied, "Umar was not satisfied by his
statement."
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 342:
Narrated Shaqiq bin Salama:
I was with 'Abdullah and Abu Musa; the
latter asked the former, "O Abu AbdurRahman! What is your opinion if
somebody becomes Junub and no water is available?" 'Abdullah
replied, "Do not pray till water is found." Abu Musa said, "What do
you say about the statement of 'Ammar (who was ordered by the
Prophet to perform Tayammum). The Prophet said to him: "Perform
Tayammum and that would be sufficient." 'Abdullah replied, "Don't
you see that 'Umar was not satisfied by 'Ammar's statement?" Abu-
Musa said, "All right, leave 'Ammalr's statement, but what will you
say about this verse (of Tayammum)?" 'Abqiullah kept quiet and then
said, "If we allowed it, then they would probably perform Tayammum
even if water was available, if one of them found it (water) cold."
The narrator added, "I said to Shaqrq, "Then did 'Abdullah dislike
to perform Tayammum because of this?" He replied, "Yes."
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 343:
Narrated Al-A'mash:
Shaqiq said, "While I was sitting with
'Abdullah and Abu Musa Al-Ash-'ari, the latter asked the former, 'If
a person becomes Junub and does not find water for one month, can he
perform Tayammum and offer his prayer?' (He applied in the
negative). Abu Musa said, 'What do you say about this verse from
Surat "Al-Ma'ida": When you do not find water then perform Tayammum
with clean earth? 'Abdullah replied, 'If we allowed it then they
would probably perform Tayammum with clean earth even if water were
available but cold.' I said to Shaqiq, 'You then disliked to perform
Tayammum because of this?' Shaqiq said,'Yes.' (Shaqiq added), "Abu
Musa said, 'Haven't you heard the statement of 'Ammar to 'Umar? He
said: I was sent out by Allah's Apostle for some job and I became
Junub and could not find water so I rolled myself over the dust
(clean earth) like an animal does, and when I told the Prophet of
that he said, 'Like this would have been sufficient.' The Prophet
(saying so) lightly stroked the earth with his hand once and blew it
off, then passed his (left) hand over the back of his right hand or
his (right) hand over the back of his left hand and then passed them
over his face.' So 'Abdullah said to Abu- Musa, 'Don't you know that
'Umar was not satisfied with 'Ammar's statement?' "
Narrated Shaqiq: While I was with 'Abdullah
and Abu Musa, the latter said to the former, "Haven't you heard the
statement of 'Ammar to 'Umar? He said, "Allah's Apostle sent you and
me out and I became Junub and rolled myself in the dust (clean
earth) (for Tayammum). When we came to Allah's Apostle I told him
about it and he said, 'This would have been sufficient,' passing his
hands over his face and the backs of his hands once only.' "
Volume 1, Book 7,
Number 344:
Narrated 'Imran bin Husain Al-Khuza'i:
Allah's Apostle saw a person sitting aloof
and not praying with the people. He asked him, "O so and so! What
prevented you from offering the prayer with the people?" He replied,
"O Allah's Apostle! I am Junub and there is no water." The Prophet
said, "Perform Tayammum with clean earth and that will be sufficient
for you."
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