Rubbing
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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