Musnad Ahmad 21305
✧ Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي قُشَيْرٍ قَالَ
كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَلَا أَجِدُ الْمَاءَ فَأَتَيَمَّمُ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، وَقَدْ وُصِفَتْ لِي هَيْئَتُهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي فَعَرَفْتُهُ بِالنَّعْتِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَهْلِي يَزْعُمُونَ ذَاكَ. فَقُلْتُ: مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ رُؤْيَتُهُ مِنْكَ. فَقَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتَنِي. فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَلَبِثْتُ أَيَّامًا أَتَيَمَّمُ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ! فَقَالَ: أَتَعْرِفُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَاجْتَوَيْتُهَا، فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِغُنَيْمَةٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا فَأَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ، فَتَيَمَّمْتُ بِالصَّعِيدِ، فَصَلَّيْتُ أَيَّامًا، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي هَالِكٌ، فَأَمَرْتُ بِنَاقَةٍ لِي -أَوْ قَعُودٍ - فَشُدَّ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ: " سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ ! " فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ فَتَيَمَّمْتُ أَيَّامًا، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي هَالِكٌ. فَدَعَا [رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِي] بِمَاءٍ، فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فِي عُسٍّ يَتَخَضْخَضُ، فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ، وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَسَتَرَنِي، فَاغْتَسَلْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ، مَا لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَلَوْ فِي عَشْرِ حِجَجٍ، فَإِذَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَأَمِسَّهُ بَشَرَتَكَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar
- Shuʿbah
- Ayyūb
- Abū Qilābah
- a man Min Banī Qushayr
✧ I used to be far from water and would become junub, and I would not find water, so I would perform tayammum. That weighed on my mind, so I went to Abu Dharr's house but did not find him. I went to the mosque, and his appearance had been described to me. There he was praying, and I recognized him by the description. I greeted him, but he did not respond to me until he finished. Then he responded to me. I said: 'Are you Abu Dharr?' He said: 'My family claims that.' I said: 'No one among the people was more beloved to me to see than you.' He said: 'You have seen me.' I said: 'I used to be far from water and would become junub, and I would remain for days performing tayammum, and that weighed on my mind or became unclear to me!' He said: 'Do you know Abu Dharr? I was in Madinah and found its climate disagreeable, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered for me a small flock of sheep. I went out with it and became junub, so I performed tayammum with clean earth and prayed for days. That weighed on my mind until I thought I had perished. So I ordered a she-camel of mine – or a young camel – to be saddled, then I rode and came until I reached Madinah. I found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the shade of the mosque among a group of his companions. I greeted him, and he raised his head and said: "Glory be to Allah, Abu Dharr?!" I said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah. I became junub and performed tayammum for days, and that weighed on my mind until I thought I had perished." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for water for me, and a black slave girl brought it in a wooden bowl, splashing. I hid behind the mount, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a man to screen me, so I washed. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Abu Dharr, clean earth is a means of purification as long as you do not find water, even for ten years. When you are able to use water, then touch your skin with it."'
Grades by grader
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound Due to External Factors | hadithunlocked |
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What scholars said about it
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- Ibn al-Qaṭṭān
هو حديث ضعيف لا شك فيه
machine translationIt is a weak (ḍaʿīf) hadith, without any doubt.
in مسند أحمد, p. 21638 - Ibn al-Qaṭṭān
هذا حديث ضعيف لا شك فيه
machine translationThis is a weak (ḍaʿīf) hadith, without doubt.
in مسند أحمد, p. 21638
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابيقال
- رجل من بني قشيرعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent, who often narrated mursal reports (kathīr al-irsāl)d. 104 AH, or 105 AH, or 106 AH, or 107 AHأَبِي قِلَابَةَثقة فاضل ، كثير الإرسالعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an authority (ḥujjah), one of the leading jurists and devout worshippersd. 130 AH, or 131 AH, or 132 AH, also said: 124 AH, also said: 125 AH, also said: 129 AHأَيُّوبَثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العبادعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AHشُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقنحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), his book was sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), except that he had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 192 AH or 193 AH or 194 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة صحيح الكتاب إلا أن فيه غفلةحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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