I embraced Islam and my (ignorance of the) religion made me anxious (to learn the essentials). I came to Abu Dharr. Abu Dharr said: The climate of Medina did not suit me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to have a few camels and goats. He said to me: Drink their milk. (The narrator Hammad said): I doubt whether he (the Prophet) said: "their urine." Abu Dharr said: I was away from the watering place and I had my family with me. I would have sexual defilement and pray without purification. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at noon. He was resting in the shade of the mosque along with a group of Companions. He (the Prophet) said: Abu Dharr. I said: Yes, I am ruined, Messenger of Allah. He said: What ruined you ? I said: I was away from the watering place and I had family with me. I used to be sexually defiled and pray without purification. He commanded (to bring) water for me. Then a black slave-girl brought a vessel of water that was shaking as the vessel was not full. I concealed myself behind a camel and took bath and them came (to the Prophet). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Abu Dharr, clean earth is a means of ablution, even if you do not find water for ten years. When you find water, you should make it touch your skin. Abu Dawud said: This is transmitted by Hammad b. Zaid from Ayyub. This version does not mention the words "their urine." This is not correct. The words "their urine" occur only in the version reported by Anas and transmitted only by the people of Basrah. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 333)   

أَبُو ذَرٍّ اجْتَوَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِذَوْدٍ وَبِغَنَمٍ فَقَالَ لِيَ اشْرَبْ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا قَالَ حَمَّادٌ وَأَشُكُّ فِي أَبْوَالِهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَأُصَلِّي بِغَيْرِ طَهُورٍ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ وَهُوَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَهُوَ فِي ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ هَلَكْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ وَمَا أَهْلَكَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَأُصَلِّي بِغَيْرِ طَهُورٍ فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَاءٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ جَارِيَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ بِعُسٍّ يَتَخَضْخَضُ مَا هُوَ بِمَلْآنَ فَتَسَتَّرْتُ إِلَى بَعِيرِي فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ إِلَى عَشْرِ سِنِينَ فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمْسِسْهُ جِلْدَكَ  

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "If someone goes missing and cannot find any water, will his family suffer?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, and similar to this are the examples that are supported by witnesses, such as the narration of 'Ammar ibn Yasir and Imran ibn Husayn. The testimony of these two is sufficient evidence for these cases."  

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَغِيبُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ أَيُصِيبُ أَهْلَهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَمِثْلُ هَذَا بِالشَّوَاهِدِ يَقْوَى وَحَدِيثُ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ الثَّابِتُ عَنْهُمَا شَاهِدٌ لِهَذَيْنِ  

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I am away from water and my family is with me. Will I be affected by it?" He said, "Yes." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am away for months." He said, "And if you stay for three years, it is said he is Hakim ibn Mu'awiya al-Numayri."  

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَغِيبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي أَفَأُصِيبُ مِنْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَغِيبُ أَشْهُرٌ فَقَالَ وَإِنْ مَكَثْتَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ يُقَالُ عَمُّهُ حَكِيمُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ النُّمَيْرِيُّ  

[Machine] And he performed Tayammum with them while he was in a state of Tayammum. As for washing the private parts and talking about the moisture of the woman's private part, we have mentioned it in the book of prayer, in the chapter of impurities.  

وَأَنَّهُ تَيَمَّمَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ وَهُوَ مُتَيَمِّمٌ وَأَمَّا غَسْلُ الْفَرْجِ وَالْكَلَامُ فِي رُطُوبَةِ فَرْجِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقَدْ نَقَلْنَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي بَابِ الْأَنْجَاسِ