Volume 1, Book 7, Number 335:
Narrated Said bin ‘Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
(on the authority of his father who said) ‘Ammar said so (the above Statement). And Shu’ba stroked
lightly the earth with his hands and brought them close to his mouth (blew off the dust) and passed
them over his face and then the backs of his hands. ‘Ammar said, “Ablution (meaning Tayammum
here) is sufficient for a Muslim if water is not available.”
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Volume 1, Book 7, Number 336:
Narrated ‘Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
that while he was in the company of ‘Umar, ‘Ammar said to ‘Umar, “We were in a detachment and
became Junub and I blew the dust off my hands (performed the rolling over the earth and prayed.)”
Volume 1, Book 7, Number 337:
Narrated ‘Abdur Rahman bin Abza:
‘Ammar said to ‘Umar “I rolled myself in the dust and came to the Prophet who said, ‘Passing dus –
ted hands over the face and the backs of the hands is sufficient for you.’ “
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 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.