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bukhari:4583Muḥammad > ʿAbdah > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The necklace of Asma' was lost, so the Prophet ﷺ sent some men to look for it. The time for the prayer became due and they had not performed ablution and could not find water, so they offered the prayer without ablution. Then Allah revealed (the Verse of Tayammum).  

البخاري:٤٥٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

هَلَكَتْ قِلاَدَةٌ لأَسْمَاءَ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي طَلَبِهَا رِجَالاً فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى وُضُوءٍ وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً فَصَلَّوْا وَهُمْ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ يَعْنِي آيَةَ التَّيَمُّمِ  


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bukhari:5882Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

A necklace belonging to Asma' was lost, and the Prophet ﷺ sent men in its search. The time for the prayer became due and they were without ablution and they could not find water; therefore they prayed without ablution, They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ . Then Allah revealed the Verse of Tayammum. (ʿAisha added: that she had borrowed (the necklace) from Asma').  

البخاري:٥٨٨٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

هَلَكَتْ قِلاَدَةٌ لأَسْمَاءَ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي طَلَبِهَا رِجَالاً فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى وُضُوءٍ وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً فَصَلَّوْا وَهُمْ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ آيَةَ التَّيَمُّمِ زَادَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ اسْتَعَارَتْ مِنْ أَسْمَاءَ