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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ وَاجِدَ الْمَاءِ إِذَا كَانَ جُنُبًا بَعْدَ تَيَمُّمِهِ عَلَيْهِ إِمْسَاسُ الْمَاءِ بَشَرَتَهُ حِينَئِذٍ

ibnhibban:1312 – Muḥammad b.

[Machine] A group of sheep from the charity sheep gathered at the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ place. He said, "Start, O Abu Dharr." Abu Dharr said, "So I started herding them towards the Rabdhah." He said, "He used to come to me while I was in a state of ritual impurity, either five or six times, and I found it within myself. So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and he was leaning against the wall of the room. When he saw me, he said, "What is wrong with you, O Abu Dharr?" I sat down and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am in a state of ritual impurity." So he ordered a black servant girl to bring a skin filled with water. I covered myself with the camel and the garment, then I performed ablution. It was as if a mountain was lifted from me. He said, "Approach, for cleanliness is part of righteousness and the best of a Muslim's actions. If he finds water, he should touch his skin with it."  

ابن حبّان:١٣١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ غُلَامُ طَالُوتَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ بُجْدَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَنَمٌ مِنْ غَنَمِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ «ابْدُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ» قَالَ فَبَدَوْتُ فِيهَا إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ قَالَ فَكَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَيَّ الْخَمْسُ وَالسِّتُّ وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ فَوَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْحُجْرَةِ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ «مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ » قَالَ فَجَلَسْتُ قَالَ «مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ؟ » قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جُنُبٌ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ جَارِيَةً سَوْدَاءَ فَجَاءَتْ بِعُسٍّ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالْبَعِيرِ وَبِالثَّوْبِ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ فَكَأَنَّمَا وَضَعَ عَنِّي جَبَلًا فَقَالَ «ادْنُ فَإِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ وَضُوءُ الْمُسْلِمِ وَلَوْ عَشْرَ حِجَجٍ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ الْمَاءَ فَلْيُمِسَّ بَشَرَتَهُ الْمَاءَ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān
abudawud:332 – [Chain 1] ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Khālid al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah [Chain 2] Musaddad > Khālid / Ibn ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > ʿAmr b. Bujdān > Abū Dhar > Ājtamaʿat

A few goats got collected with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Abu Dharr, drive them to the wood. I drove them to Rabadhah (a place near Medina). I would have sexual defilement (during my stay there) and I would remain (in this condition) for five or six days. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: O Abu Dharr. I kept silence. He then said: May your mother bereave you, Abu Dharr: woe be to your mother. He then called a black slave-girl for me. She brought a vessel which contained water. She then concealed me by drawing a curtain and I concealed myself behind a she-camel, and took a bath. I felt as if I had thrown away a mountain from me. He said: Clean earth is a means for ablution for a Muslim, even for ten years (he does not find water); but when you find water, you should make it touch your skin, for that is better. The version of Musaddad has: "the goats (were collected) from the alms," and the tradition reported by 'Amr is complete.  

أبو داود:٣٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيَّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ بُجْدَانَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعَتْ غُنَيْمَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ابْدُ فِيهَا فَبَدَوْتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ فَكَانَتْ تُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَأَمْكُثُ الْخَمْسَ وَالسِّتَّ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَسَكَتُّ فَقَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ لأُمِّكَ الْوَيْلُ فَدَعَا لِي بِجَارِيَةٍ سَوْدَاءَ فَجَاءَتْ بِعُسٍّ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَسَتَرَتْنِي بِثَوْبٍ وَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ وَاغْتَسَلْتُ فَكَأَنِّي أَلْقَيْتُ عَنِّي جَبَلاً فَقَالَ الصَّعِيدُ الطَّيِّبُ وَضُوءُ الْمُسْلِمِ وَلَوْ إِلَى عَشْرِ سِنِينَ فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمِسَّهُ جِلْدَكَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ غُنَيْمَةٌ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَحَدِيثُ عَمْرٍو أَتَمُّ
hakim:627 – Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Khālid > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > ʿAmr b. Bujdān > Abū Dhar > Ājtamaʿat

A few goats got collected with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Abu Dharr, drive them to the wood. I drove them to Rabadhah (a place near Medina). I would have sexual defilement (during my stay there) and I would remain (in this condition) for five or six days. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: O Abu Dharr. I kept silence. He then said: May your mother bereave you, Abu Dharr: woe be to your mother. He then called a black slave-girl for me. She brought a vessel which contained water. She then concealed me by drawing a curtain and I concealed myself behind a she-camel, and took a bath. I felt as if I had thrown away a mountain from me. He said: Clean earth is a means for ablution for a Muslim, even for ten years (he does not find water); but when you find water, you should make it touch your skin, for that is better. The version of Musaddad has: "the goats (were collected) from the alms," and the tradition reported by 'Amr is complete. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 332)   

الحاكم:٦٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ بُجْدَانَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعَتْ غَنِيمَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ابْدُ فِيهَا» فَبَدَوْتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ فَكَانَتْ تُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَأَمْكُثُ الْخَمْسَةَ وَالسِّتَّةَ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَسَكَتُّ فَقَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ لِأُمِّكَ الْوَيْلُ» فَدَعَا بِجَارِيَةٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِعُسٍّ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَسَتَرَتْنِي بِثَوْبٍ وَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ فَكَأَنِّي أَلْقَيْتُ عَنِّي جَبَلًا فَقَالَ «الصَّعِيدُ الطَّيِّبُ وَضُوءُ الْمُسْلِمِ وَلَوْ إِلَى عَشْرِ سِنِينَ فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمِسَّهُ جِلْدَكَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ إِذْ لَمْ نَجِدْ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ بُجْدَانَ رَاوِيًّا غَيْرَ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ الْجَرْمِيَّ وَهَذَا مِمَّا شَرَطْتُ فِيهِ وَثَبَتَ أَنَّهُمَا قَدْ خَرَّجَا مِثْلَ هَذَا فِي مَوَاضِعَ مِنَ الْكِتَابَيْنِ» صحيح

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ وُضُوءُ الْمُعْدِمِ الْمَاءَ وَإِنْ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ سِنُونَ كَثِيرَةٌ

ibnhibban:1311 – Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > ʿAmr b. Bujdān > Abū Dhar

A few goats got collected with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Abu Dharr, drive them to the wood. I drove them to Rabadhah (a place near Medina). I would have sexual defilement (during my stay there) and I would remain (in this condition) for five or six days. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: O Abu Dharr. I kept silence. He then said: May your mother bereave you, Abu Dharr: woe be to your mother. He then called a black slave-girl for me. She brought a vessel which contained water. She then concealed me by drawing a curtain and I concealed myself behind a she-camel, and took a bath. I felt as if I had thrown away a mountain from me. He said: Clean earth is a means for ablution for a Muslim, even for ten years (he does not find water); but when you find water, you should make it touch your skin, for that is better. The version of Musaddad has: "the goats (were collected) from the alms," and the tradition reported by 'Amr is complete. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 332)   

ابن حبّان:١٣١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ بُجْدَانَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعَتْ غَنِيمَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ابْدُ فِيهَا» قَالَ فَبَدَوْتُ فِيهَا إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ فَكَانَتْ تُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ فَأَمْكُثُ الْخَمْسَ وَالسِّتَّ فَدَخَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَبُو ذَرٍّ» فَسَكَتُّ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَبُو ذَرٍّ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ» فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَدَعَا بِجَارِيَةٍ سَوْدَاءَ فَجَاءَتْ بِعُسٍّ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَسَتَرَتْنِي وَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ فَكَأَنَّهَا أَلْقَتْ عَنِّي جَبَلًا فَقَالَ ﷺ «الصَّعِيدُ الطَّيِّبُ وَضُوءُ الْمُسْلِمِ وَلَوْ إِلَى عَشْرِ سِنِينَ فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمْسِسْهُ جِلْدَكَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ»