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ahmad:8626ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān > al-Muthanná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] An Arab came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "We find ourselves in this desert without water, and among us there are women experiencing menstruation, men in a state of major ritual impurity, and women experiencing postnatal bleeding. Four months pass without us finding any water. He (the Prophet) said, "Then perform Tayammum (dry ablution) with the soil."  

أحمد:٨٦٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّا نَكُونُ بِهَذَا الرَّمْلِ فَلَا نَجِدُ الْمَاءَ وَيَكُونُ فِينَا الْحَائِضُ وَالْجُنُبُ وَالنُّفَسَاءُ فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ لَا تَجِدُ الْمَاءَ قَالَ عَلَيْكَبِالتُّرَابِ يَعْنِي التَّيَمُّمَ  


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ahmad:7747ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Muthanná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] An Arab man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am in the desert for four or five months, and during this time there will be women who are menstruating, women who are in a state of postnatal bleeding, and men who are in a state of major impurity (janabah). What do you advise me to do?" The Prophet replied, "You should perform tayammum (dry ablution) using the earth."  

أحمد:٧٧٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَكُونُ فِي الرَّمْلِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ خَمْسَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَيَكُونُ فِينَا النُّفَسَاءُ وَالْحَائِضُ وَالْجُنُبُ فَمَا تَرَى؟ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالتُّرَابِ