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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ الْمَرْءُ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَيُعْقِبَ دُعَاءَهُ بِسُؤَالِ اللَّهِ مَنْعَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَهُ

ibnhibban:985ʿAbdullāh b. Sulaymān b. al-Ashʿath al-Sijistānī Abū Bakr > ʿAlī b. Khashram > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

"A Bedouin entered the mosque when the Messenger of Allah was sitting there, and (the man) said: 'O Allah, forgive me and Muhammed, and do not forgive anyone else with us.' The Messenger of Allah smiled and said: 'You have placed restrictions on something that is vast.' Then the Bedouin turned away, went to a corner of the mosque, spread his legs and began to urinate. After he had a better understanding, the Bedouin said: 'He got up and came to me, and may my father and mother be ransomed for him, he did not rebuke me nor revile me. He said: "This mosque is not for urinating in. Rather it is built for the remembrance of Allah and prayer.'" Then he called for a large vessel of water and poured it over the place where he had urinated." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 529)   

ابن حبّان:٩٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا تَغْفِرْ لِأَحَدٍ مَعَنَا قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَقَدِ احْتَظَرْتَ وَاسِعًا» ثُمَّ وَلَّى الْأَعْرَابِيُّ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَحَّجَ لِيَبُولَ فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَقِهَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَامَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يُؤَنِّبْنِي وَلَمْ يَسُبَّنِي وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا بُنِيَ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدُ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يُبَالُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِسَجْلٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَفْرَغَهُ عَلَيْهِ»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ibnmajah:529Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"A Bedouin entered the mosque when the Messenger of Allah was sitting there, and (the man) said: 'O Allah, forgive me and Muhammed, and do not forgive anyone else with us.' The Messenger of Allah smiled and said: 'You have placed restrictions on something that is vast.' Then the Bedouin turned away, went to a corner of the mosque, spread his legs and began to urinate. After he had a better understanding, the Bedouin said: 'He got up and came to me, and may my father and mother be ransomed for him, he did not rebuke me nor revile me. He said: "This mosque is not for urinating in. Rather it is built for the remembrance of Allah and prayer.'" Then he called for a large vessel of water and poured it over the place where he had urinated."  

ابن ماجة:٥٢٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلاَ تَغْفِرْ لأَحَدٍ مَعَنَا فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَقَدِ احْتَظَرْتَ وَاسِعًا ثُمَّ وَلَّى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَشَجَ يَبُولُ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَقِهَ فَقَامَ إِلَىَّ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي فَلَمْ يُؤَنِّبْ وَلَمْ يَسُبَّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ لاَ يُبَالُ فِيهِ وَإِنَّمَا بُنِيَ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَلِلصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِسَجْلٍ مِنَ مَاءٍ فَأُفْرِغَ عَلَى بَوْلِهِ  

ahmad:10533Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah

"A Bedouin entered the mosque when the Messenger of Allah was sitting there, and (the man) said: 'O Allah, forgive me and Muhammed, and do not forgive anyone else with us.' The Messenger of Allah smiled and said: 'You have placed restrictions on something that is vast.' Then the Bedouin turned away, went to a corner of the mosque, spread his legs and began to urinate. After he had a better understanding, the Bedouin said: 'He got up and came to me, and may my father and mother be ransomed for him, he did not rebuke me nor revile me. He said: "This mosque is not for urinating in. Rather it is built for the remembrance of Allah and prayer.'" Then he called for a large vessel of water and poured it over the place where he had urinated." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 529)   

أحمد:١٠٥٣٣حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌفَقَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا تَغْفِرْ لِأَحَدٍ مَعَنَا فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَقَدِ احْتَظَرْتَ وَاسِعًا ثُمَّ وَلَّى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَشَجَ يَبُولُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا بُنِيَ هَذَا الْبَيْتُ لِذِكْرِ اللهِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يُبَالُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِسَجْلٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَفْرَغَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ يَقُولُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَقِهَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَيَّ بِأَبِي هُوَ وَأُمِّي فَلَمْ يَسُبَّ وَلَمْ يُؤَنِّبْ وَلَمْ يَضْرِبْ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ نَهَى الْأَعْرَابِيَّ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ عَنِ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ بَعْدَ اسْتِعْمَالِهِ مَا وَصَفْنَا

ibnhibban:1402ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > ʿAbd b. Sulaymān And al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"A Bedouin entered the mosque when the Messenger of Allah was sitting there, and (the man) said: 'O Allah, forgive me and Muhammed, and do not forgive anyone else with us.' The Messenger of Allah smiled and said: 'You have placed restrictions on something that is vast.' Then the Bedouin turned away, went to a corner of the mosque, spread his legs and began to urinate. After he had a better understanding, the Bedouin said: 'He got up and came to me, and may my father and mother be ransomed for him, he did not rebuke me nor revile me. He said: "This mosque is not for urinating in. Rather it is built for the remembrance of Allah and prayer.'" Then he called for a large vessel of water and poured it over the place where he had urinated." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 529)   

ابن حبّان:١٤٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَالْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا تَغْفِرْ لِأَحَدٍ مَعَنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدِ احْتَظَرْتَ وَاسِعًا» ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَبَالَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَقِهَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَلَا يُبَالُ فِيهِ» ثُمَّ دَعَا بِسَجْلٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَفْرَغَهُ عَلَيْهِ