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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ الْكَتِفَ الَّذِي أَكَلَهُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ مِنْهُ كَانَ ذَلِكَ كَتِفَ شَاةٍ لَا كَتِفَ إِبِلٍ

ibnhibban:1141ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī from his father

I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ cutting part of the shoulder of mutton with a knife. He ate of it and then was called for prayer whereupon he got up and put down the knife and offered the prayer without performing new ablution. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5422)  

ابن حبّان:١١٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَقَامَ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
bukhari:208Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah from his father

My father said, "I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ taking a piece of (cooked) mutton from the shoulder region and then he was called for prayer. He put his knife down and prayed without repeating ablution."  

البخاري:٢٠٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَأَلْقَى السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

bukhari:675ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah from his father

My father said, "I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ eating a piece of meat from the shoulder of a sheep and he was called for the prayer. He stood up, put down the knife and prayed but did not perform ablution.''  

البخاري:٦٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ ذِرَاعًا يَحْتَزُّ مِنْهَا فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَقَامَ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

bukhari:5408Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah > Abāh ʿAmr b. Umayyah

that he saw the Prophet ﷺ holding a shoulder piece of mutton in his hand and cutting part of it with a knife. Then he was called for the prayer whereupon he put down the shoulder piece and the knife with which he was cutting it, and then stood for prayer without performing ablution again.  

البخاري:٥٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فِي يَدِهِ فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَأَلْقَاهَا وَالسِّكِّينَ الَّتِي يَحْتَزُّ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

bukhari:5422Muḥammad b. Muqātil > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī from his father

I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ cutting part of the shoulder of mutton with a knife. He ate of it and then was called for prayer whereupon he got up and put down the knife and offered the prayer without performing new ablution.  

البخاري:٥٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَقَامَ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

bukhari:5462Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah > Abāh ʿAmr b. Umayyah

That he saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ cutting a piece of mutton from its shoulder part he was carrying in his hand. When he was called for prayer, he put it down and the knife with which he was cutting it. Then he stood up and offered the prayer without performing new ablution.  

البخاري:٥٤٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فِي يَدِهِ فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَأَلْقَاهَا وَالسِّكِّينَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَحْتَزُّ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

muslim:355bAḥmad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī from his father

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ take slices from goat's shoulder and then eat them. He was called for prayer and he got'up, leaving aside the knife, and offered prayer but did not perform ablution.  

مسلم:٣٥٥bحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَقَامَ وَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ وَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ  

tirmidhi:1836Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī from his father

From his father who said that he saw the Prophet ﷺ making incisions (with a knife) into a piece of a lamb shoulder which he ate from, then he went to perform Salat without performing Wudu'.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih and there is something on this topic from Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah.
الترمذي:١٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَزَّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ
ahmad:17618ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī from his father

[Machine] "He saw the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , taking a piece of meat from his shoulder and eating it. Then the mu'adhin came to him and handed him a knife, and the Messenger of Allah stood up for prayer without performing ablution."  

أحمد:١٧٦١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ عَمْرٍو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَزَّ مِنْ كَتِفٍ فَأَكَلَ فَأَتَاهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَأَلْقَى السِّكِّينَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

ahmad:17249Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah from his father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ holding the shoulder of a sheep and then he was called to prayer, so he dropped the knife and did not perform ablution.  

أحمد:١٧٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

ahmad:17250Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah from his father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ eating from the shoulder of a sheep, then he was invited to prayer and he prayed without performing ablution.  

أحمد:١٧٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ ثُمَّ دُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

ahmad:22484Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah from his father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sacrifice a sheep, then he was called to prayer, so he threw down the knife and did not perform ablution.  

أحمد:٢٢٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

ahmad:22485Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah from his father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ eating with his right hand from a shoulder (of meat), then he was called to prayer, so he prayed without performing ablution.  

أحمد:٢٢٤٨٥حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفٍ ثُمَّ دُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ  

darimi:754ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAmr b. Umayyah > Abāh ʿAmr b. Umayyah

That he saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ cutting a piece of mutton from its shoulder part he was carrying in his hand. When he was called for prayer, he put it down and the knife with which he was cutting it. Then he stood up and offered the prayer without performing new ablution. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5462)  

الدارمي:٧٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ دُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَلْقَى السِّكِّينَ الَّتِي كَانَ يَحْتَزُّ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ»