Sahih Muslim Hadith 1563

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[1563] 312 – (682) It was narrated that 'Imrân bin Husain said: "I was with the Prophet of Allah on a journey. We traveled all night, then when it was nearly dawn, we stopped to rest. Sleep overtook us, until the sun shone. The first one of us to wake up was Abü Bakr, and we used not to wake the Prophet of Allah from his sleep until he woke up himself. Then 'Umar woke up, and he stood by the Prophet of Allah jot and started to say the TakbIr, raising his voice, until the Messenger of Allah woke up. When he lifted his head and saw that the sun had risen, he said: 'Ride on,' and he traveled on with us until the sun had turned white. Then he dismounted and led us in praying Al-Ghadâh (FaIr). One man kept away from the people and did not pray with us. When the Messenger of Allah had finished he said: 'What kept you from praying with us?' He said: '0 Prophet of Allah, I have become Junub.' The Messenger of Allah i0, told him to perform Tayammum with clean earth, and he prayed. Then he urged me to go on ahead with other riders to look for water, for we had become very thirsty. While we were travelling, we saw a woman with her feet dangling between two large water bags. We said to her: 'Where is the water?' She said: 'Too far, too far, you will not have water.' We said: 'How far is it between your family and the water?' She said: 'The distance of one day and one night.' We said: 'Go to the Messenger of Allah ç.' She said: 'Who is the Messenger of Allah ?' We brought her to the Messenger of Allah jko and he asked her, and she told him what she had told us. And she told him that she was a widow with two orphan children. He ordered that her camel be made to kneel, then he spat into the two water bags, then he made her camel stand up. We drank until we had had our fill. We were forty thirsty men, and we all filled our vessels and water skins, and we made our companion (who had become Junub) perform Ghusl. But we did not give our camels any water to drink, and the two water bags were so full that they were about to burst. Then he said: 'Bring whatever you have.' So we gathered bits of bread and dates for her, and made a bundle of food for her. He said: 'Go and feed this to your children, and realize that we have not caused any loss to your water.' When she went to her people she said: 'I have met the greatest magician among mankind, or else he is a Prophet as he says,' and she told them what had happened. Allah guided those people through that woman; she accepted Islam and so did they."