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Sunan Abi Dawud 336

We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. He then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum?

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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ خُرَيْقٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ

قَالَ خَرَجْنَا فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ رَجُلاً مِنَّا حَجَرٌ فَشَجَّهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ احْتَلَمَ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِي رُخْصَةً فِي التَّيَمُّمِ فَقَالُوا: مَا نَجِدُ لَكَ رُخْصَةً وَأَنْتَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَاغْتَسَلَ فَمَاتَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: «قَتَلُوهُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَلاَّ سَأَلُوا إِذْ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا فَإِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ الْعِيِّ السُّؤَالُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيهِ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمَ وَيَعْصِرَ».

أَوْ «يَعْصِبَ». شَكَّ مُوسَى «عَلَى جُرْحِهِ خِرْقَةً ثُمَّ يَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلَ سَائِرَ جَسَدِهِ»

We set out on a journey. One of our people was hurt by a stone, that injured his head. He then had a sexual dream. He asked his fellow travelers: Do you find a concession for me to perform tayammum?

They said: We do not find any concession for you while you can use water. He took a bath and died. When we came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the incident was reported to him.

He said: They killed him, may Allah kill them! Could they not ask when they did not know? The cure for ignorance is inquiry. It was enough for him to perform tayammum and to pour some drops of water or bind a bandage over the wound (the narrator Musa was doubtful); then he should have wiped over it and washed the rest of his body.

জাবির (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, একদা আমরা কোন এক সফরে বের হলে আমাদের মধ্যকার একজনের মাথা পাথরের আঘাতে ফেটে যায়। ঐ অবস্থায় তার স্বপ্নদোষ হলে সে সাথীদের জিজ্ঞেস করল, তোমরা কি আমার জন্য তায়াম্মুমের সুযোগ গ্রহণের অনুমতি পাও?

তারা বলল, যেহেতু তুমি পানি ব্যবহার করতে সক্ষম, তাই তোমাকে তায়াম্মুম করার সুযোগ দেয়া যায় না। অতএব সে গোসল করল। ফলে সে মৃত্যুবরণ করল। আমরা নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-এর নিকট আসলে তাঁকে বিষয়টি জানানো হলো।

তিনি বললেনঃ এরা অন্যায়ভাবে তাকে হত্যা করেছে। আল্লাহ এদের ধ্বংস করুন। তাদের যখন (সমাধান) জানা ছিল না, তারা কেন জিজ্ঞেস করে তা জেনে নিল না। কারণ অজ্ঞতার প্রতিষেধক হচ্ছে জিজ্ঞেস করা। ঐ লোকটির জন্য তায়াম্মুম করাই যথেষ্ট ছিল। আর যখমের স্থানে ব্যান্ডেজ করে তার উপর মাসাহ্ করে শরীরের অন্যান্য স্থান ধুয়ে ফেললেই যথেষ্ট হত।[1] হাসান। তবে তার এ কথাটি বাদেঃ ‘ঐ লোকটির জন্য যথেষ্ট ছিল....।’

جابر رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ ہم ایک سفر میں نکلے، تو ہم میں سے ایک شخص کو ایک پتھر لگا، جس سے اس کا سر پھٹ گیا، پھر اسے احتلام ہو گیا تو اس نے اپنے ساتھیوں سے دریافت کیا: کیا تم لوگ میرے لیے تیمم کی رخصت پاتے ہو؟

ان لوگوں نے کہا: ہم تمہارے لیے تیمم کی رخصت نہیں پاتے، اس لیے کہ تم پانی پر قادر ہو، چنانچہ اس نے غسل کیا تو وہ مر گیا، پھر جب ہم نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے پاس آئے اور آپ کو اس واقعہ کی خبر دی گئی تو آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: ان لوگوں نے اسے مار ڈالا، اللہ ان کو مارے، جب ان کو مسئلہ معلوم نہیں تھا تو انہوں نے کیوں نہیں پوچھ لیا؟

نہ جاننے کا علاج پوچھنا ہی ہے، اسے بس اتنا کافی تھا کہ تیمم کر لیتا اور اپنے زخم پر پٹی باندھ لیتا ( یہ شک موسیٰ کو ہوا ہے ) ، پھر اس پر مسح کر لیتا اور اپنے باقی جسم کو دھو ڈالتا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musa bin Abdurrahman Al-Anthaki] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Salamah] dari [Az-Zubair bin Khuraiq] dari ['Atha`] dan [Jabir] dia berkata; Kami pernah keluar dalam sebuah perjalanan, lalu salah seorang di antara kami terkena batu pada kepalanya yang membuatnya terluka serius.

Kemudian dia bermimpi junub, maka dia bertanya kepada para sahabatnya; Apakah ada keringanan untukku agar saya bertayammum saja? Mereka menjawab; Kami tidak mendapatkan keringanan untukmu sementara kamu mampu untuk menggunakan air, maka orang tersebut mandi dan langsung meninggal. Ketika kami sampai kepada Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau diberitahukan tentang kejadian tersebut, maka beliau bersabda: "Mereka telah membunuhnya, semoga Allah membunuh mereka!

Tidakkah mereka bertanya apabila mereka tidak mengetahui, karena obat dari kebodohan adalah bertanya! Sesungguhnya cukuplah baginya untuk bertayammum dan meneteskan air pada lukanya -atau- mengikat lukanya- Musa ragu- kemudian mengusapnya saja dan mandi untuk selain itu pada seluruh tubuhnya yang lain

Cabir bin Abdillah (r.a.)'den, şöyle demiştir: Bir sefere çıkmıştık, bizden bir adama taş değdi ve başını yardı. Sonra bu zat ihtilam oldu. Arkadaşlarına: Benim teyemmüm etmeme ruhsat buluyor musunuz?

diye sordu. Sen suyu kullanabilirsin, sana (teyemmüm için) ruhsat bulmuyoruz dediler. Adam yıkandı akabinde de öldü. Peygamber (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem)'in huzuruna geldiğimizde bu hadise (kendisine) haber verildi. Bunun üzerine Efendimiz (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem): "(Fetvayı verenler) onu öldürdüler, Allah da onları öldürsün.

Bilmediklerini sorsalardı ya! Cehaletin ilacı ancak sormaktır. Onun teyemmüm etmesi, yarasının üzerine bir bez bağlayıp sonra üzerine meshetmesi ve vücudunun geri kalan kısmım da yıkaması ona yeterdi, diye buyurdu. Diğer tahric: İbn Mace tahare (değişik şekilde)

Sunan Abi Dawud 336, Book 1, Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah), Hadith 336. 1 min read

What it means

Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that they went on a journey, and one of them was seriously injured in his head by a rock. Then that man had a wet dream and asked his companions if it was acceptable for him to make Tayammum instead of bathing with water.

They replied: "We do not find any concession for you since water is available to you", meaning that Tayammum is not sufficient in this case because of the presence of water, and the concession for making Tayammum is applicable when water is not available. So, the man bathed and his wound became worse because of the water, and he eventually died.

When they arrived at Madīnah, they informed the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about his story and he was upset and rebuked them saying: "They killed him, may Allah kill them!" The Prophet made supplication against them because they caused his death based upon the wrong Fatwa they gave him.

"Why had they not asked when they did not know?", meaning that it was obligatory on them to ask and not to be hasty in giving a Fatwa, because of what this type of action entails of harming others, and this was exactly what happened.

"The cure for ignorance is inquiry", meaning why had they not asked when they did not know, because the cure for ignorance is to ask questions. If someone is ignorant of a Shariah ruling, the cure for this ignorance and lack of knowledge is to ask, and not to give a Fatwa that leads to harming people or to their death. Then the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified the Shariah ruling regarding this issue saying: 'It was enough for him to perform Tayammum and to press – or bind – a bandage over his wound then wipe with wet hands over it and wash the rest of his body."

That was what he had to do, and it is in accordance with the principles of Shariah. As for obliging him to take a bath despite what it may lead to of harm to his body or his death or the delay in healing, then this is contrary to the principles of the Islamic Shariah. Accordingly, a concession is given to the one who is injured or has a serious cut or wound to wash the rest of his body with water and wipe with wet hands over the bandage, and this is sufficient.

As for Tayammum while wearing a bandage or cast, it is not permissible, because making it obligatory to purify one organ in two different manners of purification is against the principles of Shariah. The command in this Hadīth is understood –and Allah knows best– to mean that the bandage is in excess of what is needed and difficult to remove, or will harm the person if removed.

For this reason, Tayammum was made permissible for the excess bandage. Another way to understand the Hadīth is that the organs of ablution were injured, hence, it was difficult to make the water reach them, so Tayammum was required instead of washing the organ.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Musa ibn Abd ar-RahmanTold us, Fourth generation
  3. 3Muhammad ibn SalamahTold us, Third generation, died 191 AH
  4. 4Az-Zubayr ibn KhurayqFrom, Successor
  5. 5Ata ibn Abi RabahFrom, Successor, died 112 AH
  6. 6Jabir ibn AbdullahFrom, Companion, died 68 AH

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