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Sunan an-Nasa'i 224

“I used to serve the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and when he wanted to perform Ghusl he said: ‘Turn your back.’ So I turned my back to him and concealed him.”

Abu as-Samhnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحِلُّ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو السَّمْحِ

قَالَ كُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ قَالَ: «وَلِّنِي قَفَاكَ». فَأُوَلِّيهِ قَفَاىَ فَأَسْتُرُهُ بِهِ

“I used to serve the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and when he wanted to perform Ghusl he said: ‘Turn your back.’ So I turned my back to him and concealed him.”

মুজাহিদ ইবনু মূসা (রহঃ) ... মুহিল ইবনু খলীফা (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেনঃ আবূস সামেহ (রাঃ) আমার নিকট বর্ণনা করেছেনঃ আমি রাসুলুল্লাহসাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এর খেদমত করতাম। তিনি যখন গোসল করার ইচ্ছা করতেন, তখন বলতেনঃ তোমার পিঠটা আমার দিকে ঘুরিয়ে দাও। তখন আমি আমার পিঠ তাঁর দিকে ঘুরিয়ে দিতাম। এভাবে তাঁকে পর্দা করতাম।

ابو سمح (ایاد) رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ میں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی خدمت کیا کرتا تھا، تو جب آپ غسل کا ارادہ کرتے تو فرماتے: میری طرف اپنی گدی کر لو تو میں اپنی گدی آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی طرف کر کے آپ کو آڑ کر لیتا تھا۔

Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Mujahid bin Musa] dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdurrahman bin Mahdi] berkata; telah menceritakan kepadaku [Yahya bin Al Walid] dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepadaku [Muhil bin Khalifah] berkata; telah menceritakan kepadaku [Abu As-Samh] berkata; "Aku pernah melayani Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam. Jika beliau hendak mandi, maka beliau berkata, 'Palingkan mukamu dariku'. Maka akupun memalingkan mukaku darinya dan menutupi beliau

Ebû’s Semh (radıyallahü anh) anlatıyor ve şöyle diyor: sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem)’e hizmet ediyordum. Gusletmek istediği zaman bana siper ol, beni ört derdi. Bende O’na siper olur O’nu örterdim.) (İbn Mâce, Tahara: 113; Buhârî, Gusül:)

Sunan an-Nasa'i 224, Book 1, The Book of Purification, Hadith 225. 1 min read

What it means

Abu As-Samh (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned that he used to serve the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and that whenever he wanted to take a bath, he would ask Abu As-Samh to turn his back. So he would turn his back towards the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) screening him with his body so that neither him nor others could see the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). Then he mentioned an incident that took place while he was with the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu As-Samh brought Al-Hasan or Al-Husayn to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and the boy (who was still infant) urinated on his chest. When Abu As-Samh wanted to wash it, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) explained to him that splashing water over the urine of the baby boy (male infant) who is not yet eating food is sufficient to purify it, but the urine of a girl must be washed even if she is still infant. The scholars have mentioned some reasons for this difference between the urine of the boy and that of the girl, including the following: 1.

Usually, the male baby is carried a lot by both men and women, so washing his urine would be too difficult, so this concession was made. 2. Unlike the urine of the girl, the urine of a boy spatters over here and there, so it is extremely difficult to thoroughly wash it. 3. The urine of the female is more putrid than the urine of the nursing boy.

The reason for that is that the temperature of the urine from the male is hotter, with less stench. High temperature makes the smell of urine mild and removes what might happen with humidity.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nasa'i back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-Nasa'iCompiler, died 303 AH
  2. 2Mujahid ibn MusaInformed us, Fourth generation, died 244 AH
  3. 3Abd ar-Rahman ibn MahdiTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  4. 4Yahya ibn al-WalidTold me, Third generation
  5. 5Muhill ibn KhalifahTold me, Successor, died 111 AH
  6. 6Abu as-SamhTold me, Companion

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