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Tayammum: A Substitute (Hadith No. 334)
Salam,
Bismillah.
Tayammum is allowed when there’s no water available, whether you’re traveling or at home. The condition is: taharri (search and effort to find water). In case you don’t find water and you had to do wudhu/ghusl for prayer, you may do tayammum.
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.”
The procedure is also mentioned in this Hadith. We’ll discuss it later though inshaAllah.
Wassalam.
Wudhu Before Sleeping (Hadith No. 284)
Salam.
Hadith no. 282 is a repeat. Read it here. And read Hadith no. 283 here.
Volume 1, Book 5, Number 284:
Narrated Abu Salama :
I asked ‘Aisha “Did the Prophet use to sleep while he was Junub?” She replied, “Yes, but he used to perform ablution (before going to bed).
If you’ve tried it, you know how it feels. I don’t know if it has any scientific benefits or not, but I know this: Prophet (SAW) made extra effort to stay clean and pure and he loved being in the state of wudhu. Isn’t it all that matters?
Wassalam.
Ahadith 269-274
Salam,
Bismillah.
We’re doing more than one Ahadith today because most of them are repeats with slight difference of words. So, I’m going to link each Hadith with its repeat and explain today’s narration inshaAllah.
Volume 1, Book 5, Number 269:
Narrated ‘Ali:
I used to get emotional urethral discharge frequently. Being the son-in-law of the Prophet I requested a man to ask him about it. So the man asked the Prophet about it. The Prophet replied, “Perform ablution after washing your organ (penis).”
Read this here.
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Muntathir:
on the authority of his father that he had asked ‘Aisha about the saying of Ibn ‘Umar(i.e. he did not like to be a Muhrim while the smell of scent was still coming from his body). ‘Aisha said, “I scented Allah’s Apostle and he went round (had sexual intercourse with) all his wives, and in the morning he was Muhrim (after taking a bath).”
Read this here.
Narrated ‘Aisha:
It is as if I am just looking at the glitter of scent in the parting of the Prophet’s head hair while he was a Muhrim.
Related to previous one.
Narrated Hisham bin ‘Urwa:
(on the authority of his father) ‘Aisha said, “Whenever Allah’s Apostle took the bath of Janaba, he cleaned his hands and performed ablution like that for prayer and then took a bath and rubbed his hair, till he felt that the whole skin of the head had become wet, then he would pour water thrice and wash the rest of the body.” ‘Aisha further said, “I and Allah’s Apostle used to take a bath from a single water container, from which we took water simultaneously.”
Read this here.
Narrated Maimuna:
Water was placed for the ablution of Allah’s Apostle after Janaba. He poured water with his right hand over his left twice or thrice and then washed his private parts and rubbed his hand on the earth or on a wall twice or thrice and then rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out arid then washed his face and forearms and poured water over his head and washed his body. Then he shifted from that place and washed his feet. I brought a piece of cloth, but he did not take it and removed the traces of water from his body with his hand.”
Read this here.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Once the call (Iqama) for the prayer was announced and the rows were straightened. Allah’s Apostle came out; and when he stood up at his Musalla, he remembered that he was Junub. Then he ordered us to stay at our places and went to take a bath and then returned with water dropping from his head. He said, “Allahu-Akbar”, and we all offered the prayer with him.
This is today’s Hadith.
Lesson: Don’t panic in emergencies. Do the right thing. :)
Wassalam.
