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ahmad:7211Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I met the Prophet ﷺ while I was in a state of Janabah (major ritual impurity), so I walked with him until he sat down. Then, I slipped away and went to the camel, where I performed ablution (ritual washing). I then came back to find him sitting, and he asked, "Where were you?" I replied, "I met you while I was in a state of Janabah, so I disliked sitting next to you while in that state. Therefore, I left and performed ablution." He said, "Glory be to Allah, indeed a believer is not impure."  

أحمد:٧٢١١حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَعَدَ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ الرَّحْلَ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَقِيتَنِي وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا يَنْجُسُ  


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bukhari:285ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ḥumayd > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across me and I was Junub. He took my hand and I went along with him till he sat down I slipped away, went home and took a bath. When I came back, he was still sitting there. He then said to me, "O Abu Huraira! Where have you been?' I told him about it. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Subhan Allah! O Abu Huraira! A believer never becomes impure."  

البخاري:٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَعَدَ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ الرَّحْلَ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ وَهْوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا أَبَا هِرٍّ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لاَ يَنْجُسُ  

muslim:371[Chain 1] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaḥyá / Ibn Saʿīd > Ḥumayd [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

0 Abu Huraira, where were you? He said: Messenger of Allah, you met when I was (sexually) defiled and I did not like to sit in your company before taking a bath. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Hallowed be Allah, verily a believer is never defiled.  

مسلم:٣٧١حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ حَدَّثَنَا ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ لَقِيَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي طَرِيقٍ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ فَانْسَلَّ فَذَهَبَ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَتَفَقَّدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ قَالَ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقِيتَنِي وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُجَالِسَكَ حَتَّى أَغْتَسِلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لاَ يَنْجُسُ  

ahmad:8968Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I met the Prophet ﷺ while I was in a state of impurity, so I walked with him until he sat down, then I slipped away to my belongings and performed ablution. After that, I came to him while he was still sitting, and he asked me where I had been. I said to him, "You met me while I was in a state of impurity, and I disliked sitting next to you while in such a state, so I went and performed ablution." He said, "Glory be to Allah! Indeed, a believer does not become impure."  

أحمد:٨٩٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَعَدَ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ الرَّحْلَ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُوَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَقِيتَنِي وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا يَنْجُسُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضُ، قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْجُنُبَ إِذَا وَقَعَ فِي الْبِئْرِ وَهُوَ يَنْوِي الِاغْتِسَالَ يَنْجُسُ مَاءُ الْبِئْرِ

ibnhibban:1259Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl Bibust > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. ʿUbaydullāh al-ʿAtakī > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met me while I was in a state of post-sex impurity. I walked with him while he held my hand, but I slipped away from him and left. Then, I performed ablution and returned to him, and sat with him. He asked, "Where were you, Abu Hurayrah?" I said, "You met me while I was in a state of post-sex impurity, so I disliked sitting with you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, a believer does not become impure."  

ابن حبّان:١٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِبُسْتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَتَكِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِيَدِي فَانْسَلَلْتُ مِنْهُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَجَلَسْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَا أَبَاهِرٍّ؟ » قُلْتُ لَقِيتَنِي وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُجَالِسَكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا يَنْجُسُ»  

nasai-kubra:259Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal > Ḥumayd > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

0 Abu Huraira, where were you? He said: Messenger of Allah, you met when I was (sexually) defiled and I did not like to sit in your company before taking a bath. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Hallowed be Allah, verily a believer is never defiled. (Using translation from Muslim 371)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَقِيَهُ فِي طَرِيقٍ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ فَانْسَلَّ فَذَهَبَ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَ «أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ لَقِيتَنِي وَأنا جُنُبٌ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُجَالِسَكَ حَتَّى أَغْتَسِلَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ إِنَّ «الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا يَنْجُسُ»