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The cure for ignorance is inquiry

abudawud:336Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṭākī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > al-Zubayr b. Khurayq > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. He then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum? They said: We do not find any concession for you while you can use water. He took a bath and died. When we came to the Prophet ﷺ, the incident was reported to him. He said: They killed him, may Allah kill them! Could they not ask when they did not know? The cure for ignorance is inquiry. It was enough for him to perform tayammum and to pour some drops of water or bind a bandage over the wound (the narrator Musa was doubtful); then he should have wiped over it and washed the rest of his body.  

أبو داود:٣٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ خُرَيْقٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ رَجُلاً مِنَّا حَجَرٌ فَشَجَّهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِي رُخْصَةً فِي التَّيَمُّمِ فَقَالُوا مَا نَجِدُ لَكَ رُخْصَةً وَأَنْتَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلاَّ سَأَلُوا إِذْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا فَإِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيهِ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمَ وَيَعْصِرَ أَوْ يَعْصِبَ شَكَّ مُوسَى عَلَى جُرْحِهِ خِرْقَةً ثُمَّ يَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلَ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

Ignorance is a disease and its remedy is to ask people of knowledge

abudawud:337Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim al-Anṭākī > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > al-Awzāʿī > Balaghah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

A man was injured during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; he then had a sexual dream, and he was advised to wash and he washed himself. Consequently he died. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said: They killed him; may Allah kill them! Is not inquiry the cure of ignorance?  

أبو داود:٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي الأَوْزَاعِيُّ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَصَابَ رَجُلاً جُرْحٌ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَأُمِرَ بِالاِغْتِسَالِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالَ  

ibnmajah:572Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Ḥabīb b. Abū al-ʿIshrīn > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying that a man was injured in the head at the time of the Messenger of Allah, then he had a wet dream. He was told to have a bath, so he took the bath, became rigid and stiff, and died. News of that reached the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'They have killed him, may Allah kill them! Is not the cure for a lack of knowledge to ask questions?'"'Ata' said: "We heard that the Messenger of Allah said: 'If only he had washed his body and left his head alone where the wound was.'"  

ابن ماجة:٥٧٢حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعِشْرِينَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرُ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَصَابَهُ جُرْحٌ فِي رَأْسِهِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصَابَهُ احْتِلاَمٌ فَأُمِرَ بِالاِغْتِسَالِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَكُزَّ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَفَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءَ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ غَسَلَ جَسَدَهُ وَتَرَكَ رَأْسَهُ حَيْثُ أَصَابَهُ الْجِرَاحُ  

ahmad:3056Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Balaghanī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Innah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A man was injured during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; he then had a sexual dream, and he was advised to wash and he washed himself. Consequently he died. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said: They killed him; may Allah kill them! Is not inquiry the cure of ignorance? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 337)   

أحمد:٣٠٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَطَاءَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرُ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَهُ جُرْحٌ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصَابَهُ احْتِلامٌ فَأُمِرَ بِالاغْتِسَالِ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمِ اللهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءَ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ  

darimi:779Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Balaghanī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Innah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying that a man was injured in the head at the time of the Messenger of Allah, then he had a wet dream. He was told to have a bath, so he took the bath, became rigid and stiff, and died. News of that reached the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'They have killed him, may Allah kill them! Is not the cure for a lack of knowledge to ask questions?'"'Ata' said: "We heard that the Messenger of Allah said: 'If only he had washed his body and left his head alone where the wound was.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 572)   

الدارمي:٧٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَطَاءَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرُ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَهُ جُرْحٌ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصَابَهُ احْتِلَامٌ فَأُمِرَ بِالِاغْتِسَالِ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءَ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ؟» قَالَ عَطَاءٌ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «لَوْ غَسَلَ جَسَدَهُ وَتَرَكَ رَأْسَهُ حَيْثُ أَصَابَهُ الْجُرْحُ»  

hakim:630Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd b. ʿUthmān al-Tanūkhī > Bishr b. Bakr > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man got injured during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . Then he experienced a wet dream, so he took a bath and died. This news reached the Prophet ﷺ , and he said, "They killed him, may Allah kill them. Wasn't the treatment for a sick eye to ask for a cure?" It has reached us that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about this incident, and he said, "If he had washed his body and left his head where the injury was, it would have been sufficient." Al-Hakam ibn Ziyad narrated this, and he is considered reliable among the companions of Al-Awza'i. However, he did not mention hearing it from Ata.  

الحاكم:٦٣٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ التَّنُوخِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ثنا عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرُ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَهُ جَرْحٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصَابَهُ احْتِلَامٌ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالَ» فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «لَوْ غَسَلَ جَسَدَهُ وَتَرَكَ رَأْسَهُ حَيْثُ أَصَابَهُ الْجَرْحُ» «وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ الْهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَثْبَتِ أَصْحَابِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ سَمَاعَ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ مِنْ عَطَاءٍ» على شرطهما  

hakim:631ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Makhlad al-Jawharī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Haytham al-Baladī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Hiql b. Ziyād > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > Hiql > al-Awzāʿī > Qāl ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man was injured during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and it caused him to have a state of impurity (janabah). He sought advice and was instructed to perform a ritual washing (ghusl), which he did. However, he died afterwards. When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was informed about this, he said, "They killed him, may Allah kill them. Wasn't the washing of the affected area sufficient for him?" Ata, a companion of the Prophet, reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was asked about this incident later on and he replied, "If he had washed his body and left the area affected by the injury, it would have been sufficient for him."  

الحاكم:٦٣١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْبَلَدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا هِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا هِقْلٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ قَالَ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَتْهُ جِرَاحَةٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَصَابَتْهُ جَنَابَةٌ فَاسْتَفْتَى فَأُمِرَ بِالْغُسْلِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالَ» قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «لَوْ غَسَلَ جَسَدَهُ وَتَرَكَ حَيْثُ أَصَابَهُ الْجِرَاحُ أَجْزَأَهُ»  

tabarani:11472Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Awzāʿī Samiʿtuh Minh or Ukhbirtuh > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man contracted chickenpox, so he isolated himself. He washed and then covered himself, but he passed away. The Prophet ﷺ was informed, and he said, "They killed him. May Allah kill them! Wasn't the cure for skin diseases to ask for it to be rubbed on him?"  

الطبراني:١١٤٧٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ أَوْ أُخْبِرْتُهُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَهُ جُدَرِيٌّ فَأَجْنَبَ فَغَسَلَ فَكُزَّ فَمَاتَ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمِ اللهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالَ أَلَا يَمَّمُوهُ»  

bayhaqi:1074Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Sūsī Waʾabū Saʿīd Muḥammad b. Mūsá > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazīd from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Balaghanī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man was injured during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , then he had a wet dream, so he was ordered to perform ghusl (ritual bath). He performed ghusl and then fainted and died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed about this and he said, "They have killed him, may Allah kill them. Didn't they know that the cure for the eye injury is to ask for it?" Ata'ah (narrator) said, we were informed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about this and he said, "If he had washed his body and left his head where the injury was, then this would imply washing the affected part properly and the first narration indicates the obligation of performing tayammum (dry ablution). So, whoever combines both narrations, will say that there is no contradiction between them except that one of them is mursal (an incomplete chain of narration)."  

البيهقي:١٠٧٤أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ السُّوسِيُّ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزِيدٍ ثنا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يُخْبِرُ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَهُ جُرْحٌ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَصَابَهُ احْتِلَامٌ فَأُمِرَ بِالِاغْتِسَالِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَكُزَّ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللهُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالَ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَوْ غَسَلَ جَسَدَهَ وَتَرَكَ رَأْسَهُ حَيْثُ أَصَابَهُ الْجُرْحُ فَهَذَا الْمُرْسَلُ يُقْتَضَى غُسْلَ الصَّحِيحِ مَنْهُ وَالْأَوْلُ يَقْتَضِي التَّيَمُّمَ فَمَنْ أَوْجَبَ الْجَمْعَ بَيْنَهُمَا يَقُولُ لَا تَنَافِيَ بَيْنَ الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا مُرْسَلَةٌ  

bayhaqi:1075Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṭākī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > al-Zubayr b. Khurayq > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. He then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum? They said: We do not find any concession for you while you can use water. He took a bath and died. When we came to the Prophet ﷺ, the incident was reported to him. He said: They killed him, may Allah kill them! Could they not ask when they did not know? The cure for ignorance is inquiry. It was enough for him to perform tayammum and to pour some drops of water or bind a bandage over the wound (the narrator Musa was doubtful); then he should have wiped over it and washed the rest of his body. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 336)   

البيهقي:١٠٧٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ خُرَيْقٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ رَجُلًا مَنْا حَجَرٌ فَشَجَّهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِي رُخْصَةً فِي التَّيَمُّمِ؟ قَالُوا مَا نَجِدُ لَكَ رُخْصَةً وَأَنْتَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللهُ أَلَا سَأَلُوا إِذْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا فَإِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيهِ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمَ وَيَعْصِرَ أَوْ يَعْصِبَ شَكَّ مُوسَى عَلَى جُرْحِهِ خِرْقَةً ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ عَلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلُ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ وَهَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ مَوْصُولَةٌ جُمِعَ فِيهَا بَيْنَ غُسْلِ الصَّحِيحِ وَالْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْعِصَابَةِ وَالتَّيَمُّمِ إِلَّا إِنَّهَا تُخَالِفُ الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فِي الْإِسْنَادِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

bayhaqi:1077Abū Ḥāzim ʿUmar b. Aḥmad al-ʿAbdawī al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Aḥmad al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr ʿAbdullāh b. Sulaymān b. al-Ashʿath al-Sijistānī > Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥalabī Biʾanṭākiyyah > Muḥammad b. Salamah > al-Zubayr b. Khurayq > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. He then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum? They said: We do not find any concession for you while you can use water. He took a bath and died. When we came to the Prophet ﷺ, the incident was reported to him. He said: They killed him, may Allah kill them! Could they not ask when they did not know? The cure for ignorance is inquiry. It was enough for him to perform tayammum and to pour some drops of water or bind a bandage over the wound (the narrator Musa was doubtful); then he should have wiped over it and washed the rest of his body. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 336)   

البيهقي:١٠٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْعَبْدَوِيُّ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحَلَبِيُّ بِأَنْطَاكِيَّةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ خُرَيْقٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ رَجُلًا مَنْا حَجَرٌ فَشَجَّهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابَهُ هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِي رُخْصَةً فِي التَّيَمُّمِ؟ فَقَالُوا مَا نَجْدُ لَكَ رُخْصَةً وَأَنْتَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللهُ أَلَا سَأَلُوا إِذْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا إِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيهِ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمَ وَيَعْصِبَ عَلَى جُرْحِهِ خِرْقَةً ثُمَّ يَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلَ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ  

suyuti:420-42ba man Aṣābath Janābah And Bih Jirāḥ Fāḥtalam Wāstaftá Faʾamarūh > Yaghtasil Fāghtsl Fabalagh Dhalik al-Nabi ﷺ
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السيوطي:٤٢٠-٤٢b

"أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَتْهُ جَنَابَة وَبِهِ جِرَاحٌ فَاحْتَلَمَ وَاسْتَفْتَى فَأَمَرُوهُ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ، فاغتسل، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا لَكُمْ قَتَلتُمُوهُ قَتَلَكُمُ الله، أَلَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءُ الْعىِّ السُّؤَالَ، قَالَ عَطَاءُ: فَبَلَغَنِى أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ قَالَ: اغْتَسِلْ وَاتْرُك مَوْضِعَ الْجِرَاحِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق ورواه [حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود وابن جرير، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك دون قول عطاء، وزادك: لو غسل جسده وترك حيث أصابه الجراح أجزاه
suyuti:4-2364bʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. ʿAl b. Abiá Ṭālib from his father from his grandfather > ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib > Qbṭī Kān
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السيوطي:٤-٢٣٦٤b

"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلىِّ بْنِ أَبِى طَالِبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ عَلِىٍّ بْنِ أَبِى طَالِبٍ: أَنَّ قبْطِيًّا كَانَ يَتَحَدَّثُ إِلى مَارِيةَ فِى مَشْرُبَتِهَا فَأَرْسَلَنِى رسُولُ الله ﷺ إِلَيْهِ وَمَعِى السَّيْفُ، فَلَمَّا بَصُرَ بِى القِبْطىُّ هَرَبَ فَصَعِدَ نَخْلَةً فَنَظَرْتُ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ حَصُورٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ ذَكَرٌ فَانْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِي ﷺ : إِنَّما شِفَاءُ العِىِّ السُّؤَالُ".  

ابن جرير
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السيوطي:١٦٢٩٠a

"قَتَلُوهُ -قَتَلَهُمُ الله- ألا سَألُوا إِذَا لَمْ يَعْلَموا، فإِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ العِيِّ السُّؤَال، إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيه أنْ يَتَيَمَّمَ، وَيَعْصُبَ عَلَى جُرحِه خِرْقَةً، ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ عَلَيهَا، وَيَغْسِل سَائِرَ جَسَدِه".  

[د] أبو داود [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن عن جابر
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السيوطي:٧٧٥٨a

"إِنَّمَا شِفاءُ العِى السُّؤَال".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة من حديث ابن عباس أن رَجَلا أَصَابَهُ جُرْحُ فِى رأسه عَلى عهد رسول اللَّه ﷺ، ثم أصابه احْتِلام فَأُمِر بالاغتِسَال فاغْتَسل فَكَزَّ فَمَات، فبلغ ذلك النبى ﷺ، فقال: قَتَلوه قَتَلهُم اللَّه أَوْ لَمْ يكُنْ شِفَاءُ العِىِّ السُّؤال، وَأَخرَجه الحَاكِمْ في صَحِيحه، وابن خزيمة، وابن حبان)