Volume 1, Book 7, Number 338:
Narrated ‘Ammar:
as above.
Volume 1, Book 7, Number 339:
Narrated ‘Ammar:
The Prophet stroked the earth with his hands and then passed them over his face and the backs of
his hands (while demonstrating Tayammum).
Volume 1, Book 7, Number 340:
Narrated ‘Imran:
Once we were traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night
and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler
in the last part of the night. So it was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to
wake up was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator ‘Auf said that Abu Raja’ had
told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was ‘Umar bin
Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would wake up him till he himself used
to get up as we did not know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, ‘Umar got
up and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, “Allahu Akbar” and
raised his voice with Takbir, and kept on saying loudly till the Prophet got up because of it. When he
got up, the people informed him about what had happened to them. He said, “There is no harm (or it
will not be harmful). Depart!” So they departed from that place, and after covering some distance the
Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So he performed the ablution
and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he led the people in prayer. After he finished from
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the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He asked, “O so and so!
What has prevented you from praying with us?” He replied, “I am Junub and there is no water. ” The
Prophet said, “Perform Tayammum with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for you.”
Then the Prophet proceeded on and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got
down and called a person (the narrator ‘Auf added that Abu Raja’ had named him but he had forgot –
ten) and ‘Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a
woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags of water. They asked, “Where can we find
water?” She replied, “I was there (at the place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind
me.” They requested her to accompany them. She asked, “Where?” They said, “To Allah’s Apostle .” She
said, “Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi, (with a new religion)?” They replied, “Yes, the
same person. So come along.” They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He said,
“Help her to dismount.” The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths of the bags and
poured some water into the pot. Then he closed the big openings of the bags and opened the small
ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their animals. So they all watered their an –
imals and they (too) all quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all the Prophet
gave a pot full of water to the person who was Junub and told him to pour it over his body. The wo –
man was standing and watching all that which they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her
water bags were returned the looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been be –
fore (Miracle of Allah’s Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so dates,
flour and Sawiq were collected which amounted to a good meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She
was helped to ride on her camel and that cloth full of food-stuff was also placed in front of her and
then the Prophet said to her, “We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us.” She re –
turned home late. Her relatives asked her: “O so and so what has delayed you?” She said, “A strange
thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called the Sabi’ and he did such and such a
thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index
and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah’s
true Apostle.”
Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her vil –
lage. One day she said to her people, “I think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any
inclination to Islam?” They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam.
Abu ‘Abdultah said: The word Saba’a means “The one who has deserted his old religion and em –
braced a new religion.” Abul ‘Ailya said, “The Sabis are a sect of people of the Scripture who recite the
Book of Psalms.”
Volume 1, Book 7, Number 331:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me.
1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month’s
journey.
2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to per –
form Tayammum, therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.
3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.
4. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection).
5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.
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Volume 1, Book 7, Number 332:
Narrated ‘Urwa’s father:
Aisha said, “I borrowed a necklace from Asma’ and it was lost. So Allah’s Apostle sent a man to
search for it and he found it. Then the time of the prayer became due and there was no water. They
prayed (without ablution) and informed Allah’s Apostle about it, so the verse of Tayammum was re –
vealed.” Usaid bin Hudair said to ‘Aisha, “May Allah reward you. By Allah, whenever anything
happened which you did not like, Allah brought good for you and for the Muslims in that.”
Al-Jurf and the time for the ‘Asr prayer became due while he was at Marbad-AnNa’am (sheep-
fold), so he (performed Tayammum) and prayed there and then entered Medina when the sun was
still high but he did not repeat that prayer.
Volume 1, Book 7, Number 333:
Narrated Abu Juhaim Al-Ansari:
The Prophet came from the direction of Bir Jamal. A man met him and greeted him. But he did not
return back the greeting till he went to a (mud) wall and smeared his hands and his face with its
dust (performed Tayammum) and then returned back the greeting.
Volume 1, Book 7, Number 330:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) We set out with Allahs Apostle on one of his journeys till we reached Al-
Baida’ or Dhatul-Jaish, a necklace of mine was broken (and lost). Allah’s Apostle stayed there to
search for it, and so did the people along with him. There was no water at that place, so the people
went to Abu- Bakr As-Siddiq and said, “Don’t you see what ‘Aisha has done? She has made Allah’s
Apostle and the people stay where there is no water and they have no water with them.” Abu Bakr
came while Allah’s Apostle was sleeping with his head on my thigh, He said, to me: “You have de –
tained Allah’s Apostle and the people where there is no water and they have no water with them.
So he admonished me and said what Allah wished him to say and hit me on my flank with his
hand. Nothing prevented me from moving (because of pain) but the position of Allah’s Apostle on my
thigh. Allah’s Apostle got up when dawn broke and there was no water. So Allah revealed the Divine
Verses of Tayammum. So they all performed Tayammum. Usaid bin Hudair said, “O the family of Abu
Bakr! This is not the first blessing of yours.” Then the camel on which I was riding was caused to
move from its place and the necklace was found beneath it.