وَعَن امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ
قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لَنَا طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِد مُنْتِنَة فَكيف نَفْعل إِذا مُطِرْنَا قَالَ: «أَلَيْسَ بعْدهَا طَرِيق هِيَ أطيب مِنْهَا قَالَت قلت: بلَى قَالَ فَهَذِهِ بِهَذِهِ»
I told God’s messenger that our road to the mosque had an unpleasant stench and asked what we should do when it was raining. He asked whether there was not a cleaner part after the offensive part had been passed, and when I replied that there was, he said that it made up for the other.
Mishkat al-Masabih 475, Book 4, Purification, Hadith 211. 1 min read