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 peopl e 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 a bode 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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