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ahmad:21305 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > a man from Banī Qushayr

[Machine] About water, when I am afflicted with janabah (impurity after sexual activity), and I do not find water, I perform tayammum (dry ablution). But something gets into my mind about it, so I went to Abu Dhar's house, but I did not find him. Then I went to the mosque, and I was told how he usually looked like. When I saw him praying, I recognized him by his description, so I greeted him, but he did not respond until he left and then he responded. So I said, "Are you Abu Dhar?" He replied, "My family thinks so." So I said, "No one is more beloved to me than you." He said, "You have seen me." So I said, "I used to live away from water, so when I am afflicted with janabah, I wait for days to perform tayammum, but something happens to me or some confusion arises, so I asked, 'Do you know Abu Dhar?' I was in the city, so I walked to it, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me with some booty, so I went to collect it, and then I became afflicted with janabah, so I performed tayammum with sand and prayed for days, but something happened to me until I thought I was going to perish. So I ordered a camel or a saddle and I rode until I reached the city, and I found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ under the shade of the mosque along with a group of his companions. So I greeted him and he raised his head and said, 'Subhan Allah! Abu Dhar?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah! I have been afflicted with janabah, so I performed tayammum for days and something happened to me until I thought I was going to perish.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated for me and asked for water, and a black woman came with a container of water in a leather bag. I covered myself with the cloak, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a man to cover me, and I performed ghusl (full ablution). Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Abu Dhar! Pure sand from the desert is a means of purification as long as you cannot find water, even if there were ten Hajj pilgrims. But if you have access to water, then use it to touch your skin.'"  

أحمد:٢١٣٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي قُشَيْرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ

عَنِ الْمَاءِ فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَلَا أَجِدُ الْمَاءَ فَأَتَيَمَّمُ فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ وُصِفَتْ لِي هَيْئَتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي فَعَرَفْتُهُ بِالنَّعْتِ فَسَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلِي يَزْعُمُونَ ذَاكَ فَقُلْتُ مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ رُؤْيَتُهُ مِنْكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَنِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَلَبِثْتُ أَيَّامًا أَتَيَمَّمُ فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ أُشْكِلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ أَتَعْرِفُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَاجْتَوَيْتُهَا فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِغُنَيْمَةٍ فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا فَأَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ فَتَيَمَّمْتُ بِالصَّعِيدِ فَصَلَّيْتُ أَيَّامًا فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُأَنِّي هَالِكٌ فَأَمَرْتُ بِنَاقَةٍ لِي أَوْ قَعُودٍ فَشُدَّ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ فَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ فَتَيَمَّمْتُ أَيَّامًا فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي هَالِكٌ فَدَعَا لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِي بِمَاءٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فِي عُسٍّ يَتَخَضْخَضُ فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَسَتَرَنِي فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ مَا لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَلَوْ فِي عَشْرِ حِجَجٍ فَإِذَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَأَمِسَّهُ بَشَرَتَكَ  

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ahmad:21304 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > a man from Banī ʿĀmir

[Machine] I used to be a disbeliever, but Allah guided me to Islam. I was far from water, and my family was with me. I became junub (in a state of major ritual impurity), so it troubled me. Abu Dharr was described to me, so I searched for him and entered a mosque in Mina. I recognized him by the description: an elderly man with a flowing beard. I went and stood next to him while he was praying and greeted him, but he did not respond. Then he performed a prayer that was complete, perfect, and prolonged. When he finished, he responded to me. I said, "Are you Abu Dharr?" He replied, "My family claims so." He said, "I used to be a disbeliever, and Allah guided me to Islam. I used to neglect my religion, I was far from water and my family was with me. When junub occurred to me, it troubled me. He said, "Do you know Abu Dharr?" I said, "Yes." He said, "I embraced Islam while I was gathering firewood in Madinah. Ayyub or similar name commanded the Prophet ﷺ to give me a pair of camels and a flock of sheep. I would be far from water, and my family would be with me. When junub occurred to me, it troubled me to the extent that I thought I would be destroyed. So, I sat on one of the camels and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the midday while he was sitting in the shade of the mosque with a group of his companions. I got off the camel and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I am ruined!' He said, 'What has ruined you?' So, I told him my story, and he laughed. Then he called a man from his family, and a black slave girl came with a vessel of water in which there was some dirt. He ordered a man from the people to screen me, so I screened myself and performed Ghusl. Then I went to him, and he said, 'The good land is a purifier, as long as you do not find water. When you do find water, then be certain of its purity.'"  

أحمد:٢١٣٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ كَافِرًا فَهَدَانِي اللهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَوَقَعَ ذَلِكَ فِي نَفْسِي وَقَدْ نُعِتَ لِي أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَحَجَجْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ مِنًى فَعَرَفْتُهُ بِالنَّعْتِ فَإِذَا شَيْخٌ مَعْرُوقٌ آدَمُ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ قِطْرِيٌّ فَذَهَبْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَتَمَّهَا وَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَطْوَلَهَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلِي لَيَزْعُمُونَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ كُنْتُ كَافِرًا فَهَدَانِي اللهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَأَهَمَّنِي دِينِي وَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَوَقَعَ ذَلِكَ فِي نَفْسِي قَالَ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي اجْتَوَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِذَوْدٍ مِنْ إِبِلٍ وَغَنَمٍ فَكُنْتُ أَكُونُ فِيهَا فَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنِّي قَدْ هَلَكْتُ فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مِنْهَا فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَىرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ وَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ وَمَا أَهْلَكَكَ؟ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَضَحِكَ فَدَعَا إِنْسَانًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ بِعُسٍّ فِيهِ مَاءٌ مَا هُوَ بِمَلْآنَ إِنَّهُ لَيَتَخَضْخَضُ فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالْبَعِيرِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَسَتَرَنِي فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ مَا لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَلَوْ إِلَى عَشْرِ حِجَجٍ فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمِسَّ بَشَرَتَكَ  

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السيوطي:٦٢٢-٤b –

"عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَاجْتَوَيْتُهَا، فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ الله ﷺ بِغُنيمَةٍ فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا فَأَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ فَتَيَّممْتُ الصَّعِيدَ فَصَلَّيْتُ أَيَّامًا، فَوَقَعَ فيِ نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذلكَ ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي هَالِكٌ، فَأَمَرْتُ بِقَعُودٍ فَشد عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ رَكبْتُهُ حَتَّي قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ فيِ ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ فيِ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ رَأسَهُ وَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ الله أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ فَقلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ الله أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ فَتَيَمَّمتُ أَيَّامًا، ثُمَّ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ وحَتَّي ظَنَنْتُ أني هَالِك، فَدَعَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ بِمَاءٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فيِ عُسٍّ يَتَخَضْخَضُ يَقُولُ: لَيْسَ بِمَلآن، فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ وَأَمَرَ رَجُلًا فَسَتَرنِي فَاغْتَسَلتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ: إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ كَافٍ مَا لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ، وَلَوْ إِلَي عَشْرِ سِنِينَ فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ يُسْرِيكَ".  

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